Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WAVE, v.i. [Sax. wafian; probably a corrupt orthography.]

1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to undulate. His purple robes wav'd careless to the winds. – Trumbull.
2. To be moved, as a signal. – B. Jonson.
3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state. [Obs.]