waster
Etymology 1
From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.
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Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly. -
(dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste. -
(obsolete) A destroyer or plunderer. -
An item that is spoiled during its manufacture. Unless the cast was very hot indeed, the steel would refuse to ascend, and a great many wasters were caused thereby. 1895, Richard Smith-Casson, “Small Cast Steel Ingots”, in Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute, volume 46, page 215
Etymology 2
Unknown
noun
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(obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. -
(obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.
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