wafty, a.
(ˈwɑːftɪ, ˈwæf-, ˈwɒf-)
[f. waft n.1 and v.1 + -y.]
† 1. (See quot.) Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr., Vapide, waftie, or wafted; that sends vp an ill fume, that yeelds a stinking vapor. |
2. Of the wind: That wafts a perfume.
| 1863 Dobell Autumn Mood Poet. Wks. 1875 II. 333 Oh, old old Minstrelsy, oh, wafty winds of Romaunt, Blow me your harps! |
3. That wafts or moves to and fro in the wind. nonce-use.
| 1922 Joyce Ulysses 289 The wafty sycamore, the Lebanonian cedar, the exalted planetree. |