Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. · A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. · A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. · A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo seal or fasten with a wafer.
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
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