Definition of waste

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Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc..

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Moulder :: Moulder (v. t.) To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.
Emaciate :: Emaciate (v. t.) To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him..
Economist :: Economist (n.) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..
Unspilt :: Unspilt (a.) Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
Gate :: Gate (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Overwasted :: Overwasted (a.) Wasted or worn out; /onsumed; spen.
Wastor :: Wastor (n.) A waster; a thief.
Squanderer :: Squander (n.) The act of squandering; waste.
Havoc :: Havoc (v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc..
Blotter :: Blotter (n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place..
Lock-weir :: Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber..
Fool-largesse :: Fool-largesse (n.) Foolish expenditure; waste.
Atrophy :: Atrophy (v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Spiller :: Spill (v. i.) To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted..
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief..
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..
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