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   wafer

   /ˈweɪfə/

   noun

   • 1. a thin, light, crisp biscuit, especially one of a kind eaten with ice cream.
   • 2. a thin piece of something: "wafers of smoked salmon"
   • ▪ a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.
   • ▪ a very thin slice of a semiconductor crystal used as the substrate for solid-state circuitry.
   • ▪ a disc of red paper stuck on a legal document as a seal.
   • ▪ a small disc of dried paste used for fastening letters or holding papers together. historical

   verb

   • 1. fasten or seal (a letter or document) with a wafer. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French gaufre (see goffer), from Middle Low German wāfel ‘waffle’; compare with waffle2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wafery adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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