wavey

plural waveys · alternative wavy

1. CanadaUSdialectalThe snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

   Synonyms: white wavy, blue goose, blue wavy

comparative wavier · superlative waviest

1. uncommonUncommon form of wavy.

   He was such a nice looking boy with that mane of dark wavey hair and those sea blue eyes.

   2002, Wensley Clarkson, “The Black Widow”, in Sisters in Blood: Twelve of the Most Horrific Crimes Performed by Women (Blake’s True Crime Library), London: Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 177

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   Pears and Apples I could never diſcover any thing to breed in but only the leſſer Phælænæ, about ⁴⁄₁₀ Inch long, whitiſh underneath; greyiſh brown above (dappled with brown Spots, inclining to a dirty Red) all but about a third part at the end of the Wings, which is not grey, but brown, elegantly ſtriped with wavey Lines of a Gold-Colour, as if Gilt.

   1713, W[illiam] Derham, “[A Survey of the Particular Tribes of Animals.] Of the Care of Insects about their Young.”, in Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC, book VIII (Of Insects and Reptiles), footnote 4, page 416

   The healthful breeze from off the wavey lake, / Fiavor’d and filtered through your tremulous pines; / Your crazy brawling stream wild babblings make, / But gives the sun-like gleam that nightly shines.

   1889 August, Richard Grigg, “Pretty Port Hope”, in Ingersoll Rhymings, Ingersoll, Ont.: […] Oxford Tribune, published 1894, →OCLC, page 47