"wavey" meaning in English

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          "word": "blue goose"
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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