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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
waster \wast"er\, n. oe. wastour, of. wasteor, gasteor. see
waste, v. t.
1913 webster
1. one who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who
consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a
prodigal.
1913 webster
he also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --prov. xviii.
9.
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sconces are great wasters of candles. --swift.
1913 webster
2. an imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to
waste; -- called also a thief. --halliwell.
1913 webster
3. a kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
foil.
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half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow
for a broken head. --beau. fl.
1913 webster
being unable to wield the intellectual arms of
reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
--sir t.
browne.
1913 webster
see also:
waste thief
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
waster
n 1: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently syn: wastrel
2: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a
destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer";
"uprooters of gravestones" syn: destroyer, ruiner, undoer,
uprooter
see also:
wastrel destroyer ruiner undoer uprooter
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