Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WAVE, v.t.¹ [See Waver.]

1. To raise into inequalities of surface. – Shak.
2. To move one way and the other; to brandish; as, to wave the hand; to wave a sword. – Dryden.
3. To waft; to remove any thing floating. – Brown.
4. To beckon; to direct by a waft or waving motion. – Shak.