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n. One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Forewaste. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. for- + waste. ] To desolate or lay waste utterly. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1st milt + waste. ] (Bot.) A small European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wasted or worn out; consumed; spent [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Also suastica, svastika, etc. ] [ Skr. svastika, fr. svasti walfare; su well + asti being. ] A symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms at right angles all in the same direction, and each prolonged to the height of the parallel arm of the cross. A great many modified forms exist, ogee and volute as well as rectilinear, while various decorative designs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it. The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp. at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century. It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America. It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max Müller distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right, the suavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized. Other names for the swastika are fylfot and gammadion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The swastika with arms bent to the right came to be used as a symbol of Aryan supremacy by the Nazi party in Germany, 1933 - 1945; hence, it is now associated in the United States and European countries with Nazism or antisemitism. It is sometimes used by neo-nazis, or by antisemites as an antisemitic symbol. [ PJC ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. wast, OF. wast, from L. vastus, influenced by the kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosti, G. wüst, OS. w&unr_;sti, D. woest, AS. wēste. Cf. Vast. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dismal situation waste and wild. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

But his waste words returned to him in vain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a waste or needless sound,
Till we come to holier ground. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ill day which made this beauty waste. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. [ 1913 Webster ]

And strangled with her waste fertility. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Waste gate, a gate by which the superfluous water of a reservoir, or the like, is discharged. --
Waste paper. See under Paper. --
Waste pipe, a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like. --
Waste steam. (a) Steam which escapes the air. (b) Exhaust steam. --
Waste trap, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wasting. ] [ OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. gâter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by a kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosten, G. wüsten, AS. wēstan. See Waste, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted,
Art made a mirror to behold my plight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Tiber
Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. Num. xiv. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, were I able
To waste it all myself, and leave ye none! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here condemned
To waste eternal days in woe and pain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wasted by such a course of life, the infirmities of age daily grew on him. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The younger son gathered all together, and . . . wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To squander; dissipate; lavish; desolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less; -- commonly used with away. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The time wasteth night and day. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The barrel of meal shall not waste. 1 Kings xvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

But man dieth, and wasteth away. Job xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sporting) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. waste; cf. the kindred AS. wēsten, OHG. wōstī, wuostī, G. wüste. See Waste, a. & v. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc. “Waste . . . of catel and of time.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all this waste of wealth loss of blood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will never . . . in the way of waste, attempt us again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little wastes in great establishments, constantly occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty capital. L. Beecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness. “The wastes of Nature.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the leafy nation sinks at last,
And Vulcan rides in triumph o'er the waste. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gloomy waste of waters which bears his name is his tomb and his monument. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Waste is voluntary, as by pulling down buildings; or permissive, as by suffering them to fall for want of necessary repairs. Whatever does a lasting damage to the freehold is a waste. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mining) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Phys. Geog.) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- Prodigality; diminution; loss; dissipation; destruction; devastation; havoc; desolation; ravage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Washboard, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Waste"ful*ly, adv. -- Waste"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. wastel, gastel, F. gâteau, LL. wastellus, fr. MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food. ] A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness. Zeph. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is waste; a desert; a waste. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Through woods and wasteness wide him daily sought. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. A spendthrift. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A waster; a thief. [ Obs. or R. ] [ Written also wastour. ] Chaucer. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Wastrel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]