Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre,; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. våffla,; all akin to G. wabe, a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe, is probably akin to E. weave,. See Weave, and cf. Waffle Gauffer
In literature:
A wafer was brought him.
"The Story of Nelson" by W.H.G. Kingston
The floor was deep in shavings, long, curly, wafer-coloured, semi-transparent.
"The History of Sir Richard Calmady" by Lucas Malet
I shall want a whole box of wafers.
"Lalage's Lovers" by George A. Birmingham
Wafer (America) was disqualified for going outside the wood.
"Once a Week" by Alan Alexander Milne
Lavington, you have a wafer?
"The Triumph Of Night" by Edith Wharton
Now take some wafers, not too thin and cut them in squares similar to those used by druggists.
"The Italian Cook Book" by Maria Gentile
A wafer was brought him.
"The Grateful Indian" by W.H.G. Kingston
After school, a glass of milk with two or three Graham wafers may be given.
"The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4)" by W. Grant Hague
It was about as large around as a wafer, but somewhat thicker.
"Rollo's Experiments" by Jacob Abbott
The outfit of a library table would scarcely be complete without wax, wafer irons, and seals.
"Chats on Household Curios" by Fred W. Burgess
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In poetry:
Faun's flesh is not to us,
Nor the saint's vision.
We have the press for wafer;
Franchise for circumcision.
"E.P. Ode Pour L'election De Son Sepulchre" by Ezra Pound
An outcast he who dared not take
The wafer that God's vicars break,
But dull-eyed watched his neighbours pass
With shining faces from the Mass.
"The Song Of The Young Page" by Theodosia Garrison
A king lies dead, his wafer duly eaten,
His gold-bought masses given;
And Rome's great altar smokes with gums to sweeten
Her foulest gift to Heaven.
"In Remembrance Of Joseph Sturge" by John Greenleaf Whittier
He scowls purse-lipped. She yawns, and throws
Her arms in scarecrow crucifixion.
Clear of the hills, light’s wafer shows
In world-without-end benediction.
"Daybreak" by Gwen Harwood
What time for books and music, when
The lambs were bleating in their pen,
The chickens peeping at the door;
The rodent gnawing at the churn,
The buckwheat wafers crisped to burn,
The kettle boiling o'er?
"Never Had A Chance" by Hattie Howard
In news:
Q&A: Guinness global strategy and communications director Grainne Wafer .
Articles Tagged with " wafer surface cleaning".
Items Tagged with ' wafer surface cleaning'.
REC Pulls Plug on Norwegian Solar- Wafer Unit.
Player Von Wafer basketball game log and stats for Von Wafer .
Player Von Wafer basketball season and fantasy basketball player news for Von Wafer .
Items Tagged with ' wafer style'.
Getting what for on the wafer .
The industry first starting using 200-mm wafers in 1991 and then switched to 300-mm wafers in 2001.
SCHOTT Solar and WACKER Chemie AG plan to set up two joint ventures to produce and market silicon wafers for solar applications.
Samsung, LG hope billion dollar bets on new wafer-thin TV display will boost flagging sales.
While pudding is cooking use a 13x9 baking pan and layer wafers, bananas , and pudding.
The classic comfort dessert made with Nilla wafers was just OK and not something my mother ever really made.
The new line is to be called " Cracker Jack'd" containing snack mixes, popcorn clusters, and "power bites" wafers.
Enpiron said the film can be deposited on top of 6 to 8 inch CMOS wafers to increase power performance and device life.
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In science:
Several position scans along the wafers and their borders were performed to investigate the response homogeneity.
CALICE Si/W electromagnetic calorimeter prototype, first testbeam results
Each wafer has a border of about 1 mm of non-active zone.
CALICE Si/W electromagnetic calorimeter prototype, first testbeam results
Figure 3. The variable capacitor consists of two wafers (A+B), which are next bonded and released (C).
Characterisation of an Electrostatic Vibration Harvester
Electrical contacts are used for insitu monitoring of the quantum Hall effect. b) Design of the wafer material.
Towards quantum optics and entanglement with electron spin ensembles in semiconductors
As shown in Figure 2, the OKI SOI process consists of an n-type detector wafer, with n- and ptype implants.
A Sensor with Analog and Digital Pixels in 0.15 micron SOI Technology
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