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Definition of Wastir

Wast"er (?), n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.]

1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Prov. xviii. 9.

Sconces are great wasters of candles.
Swift.

2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief. Halliwell.

3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head.
Beau. & Fl.

Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
Sir T. Browne.

Wast"er (?), n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.]

1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Prov. xviii. 9.

Sconces are great wasters of candles.
Swift.

2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief. Halliwell.

3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head.
Beau. & Fl.

Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
Sir T. Browne.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
  • An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
  • A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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