Bible Dictionaries
Wafer

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.

(2):

(v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, - used in sealing letters and other documents.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wafer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wafer.html. 1828.