waved

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waved - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Waving.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to
     wonder; akin to w[ae]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to
     be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. v[=a]fa
     to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver.]
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     1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
        other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
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              His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
                                                    --Trumbull.
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              Where the flags of three nations has successively
              waved.                                --Hawthorne.
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     2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson.
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     3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
        vacillate. [Obs.]
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              He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither
              good nor harm.                        --Shak.
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  Waved \Waved\, a.
     1. Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating;
        intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
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     2. Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines
        of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
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     3. (Her.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of
        the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the
        ordinaries, etc.
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