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WASTED, pp. 1. Expended without necessity or use; lost through negligence; squan...
WASTE-WIER, n. An overfall or wier for the superfluous water of a canal.
WASTE-GATE, n. A gate to let the water of a pond pass off when it is not wanted.
WASTE, v.t. [G., L.] 1. To diminish by gradual dissipation or loss. Thus disease...
WAST, past tense of the substantive verb, in the second person; as, thou wast.
WASSAILER, n. A toper; a drunkard.
WASSAIL-CUP, n. A cup in which wassail was carried to the company.
WASSAIL-BOWL, n. A bowl for holding wassail.
WASSAIL, n. 1. A liquor made of apples, sugar and ale, formerly much used by Eng...
WASPISHNESS, n. Petulance; irascibility; snappishness.
WASPISHLY, adv. Petulantly; in a snappish manner.
WASPISH, a. Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifli...
WASP-FLY, n. A species of fly resembling a wasp, but having no sting, and but tw...
WASP, n. [G., L.] In entomology, a genus of insects, Vespa, of the order of Hyme...
WASHY, a. [from wash.] 1. Watery; damp; soft; as the washy ooze. 2. Weak; not so...
WASHING, ppr. Cleansing with water; purifying; overflowing; overspreading. WASHI...