See waster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste."
],
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"wick",
"wick"
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"waste",
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"(dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste."
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"word": "thief"
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 18:9:",
"text": "He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A destroyer or plunderer."
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"(obsolete) A destroyer or plunderer."
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{
"ref": "1895, Richard Smith-Casson, “Small Cast Steel Ingots”, in Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute, volume 46, page 215:",
"text": "Unless the cast was very hot indeed, the steel would refuse to ascend, and a great many wasters were caused thereby.",
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}
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"An item that is spoiled during its manufacture."
],
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"manufacture"
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]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈweɪstə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
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},
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{
"sense": "destroyer",
"word": "wastour"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "raztočitel",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "one that wastes",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "verkwister"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "tuhlaaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "tuhlari"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaspilleur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gaspilleuse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Verschwender"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "pazarló"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rásipnik",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ра́сипник"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "kaihau"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"word": "wastour"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "marnotrawczyni"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "risipitor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one that wastes",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "risipitoare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one that wastes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malgastador"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imperfection in the wick",
"word": "vahaa sulattava karren pala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "destroyer in Proverbs",
"word": "tuhontekijä"
}
],
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}
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"ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 6:",
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"government",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"martial-arts",
"military",
"politics",
"sports",
"war"
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},
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"Scottish English"
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"A leister; a spear for catching fish."
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