Wafer

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Wafer - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

WAFER, n.

1. A thin cake or leaf; as a wafer of bread given by the Romanists in the Eucharist.

2. A thin leaf of paste, or a composition of flour, the white of eggs, isinglass and yeast, spread over with gumwater and dried; used in sealing letters.

WAFER, v.t. To seal or close with a wafer.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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