\Wa"fer\, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of
Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel,
Sw. v[*a]ffla; 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}.]
1. (Cookery) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
         Wafers piping hot out of the gleed.   --Chaucer.
         The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers,
         and marchpanes.                       --Holland.
         A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making --B.
                                               Jonson.
2. (Eccl.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly
   unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with
   the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the
   Roman Catholic Church.
3. An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin,
   isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in
   sealing letters and other documents.
{Wafer cake}, a sweet, thin cake. --Shak.
{Wafer irons}, or {Wafer tongs} (Cookery), a pincher-shaped
   contrivance, having flat plates, or blades, between which
   wafers are baked.
{Wafer woman}, a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one
   employed in amorous intrigues. --Beau. & Fl.

\Wa"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wafered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wafering}.]
To seal or close with a wafer.