The action of dispensing with salutes by signal, by motion of the hand to guards, &c., and to vessels, which may be, in accordance with old custom, passing under the lee to be hailed and examined.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Waive>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A salutation of defiance, as by brandishing weapons, &c. ...
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