(a) Refuse of grain, chaff, husks; ?also, bran; fig. the worthless part of something; (b) waste parts of grapes or olives after removal of juice or oil; also fig.; (c) solid parts of leaves or herbs……
(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous
(b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves;
(c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of……