2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; — called also a thief. Halliwell.
3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head. Beau. & Fl. Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters. Sir T. Browne.
WASTETHRIFT
Waste"thrift`, n.
Defn: A spendthrift. [Obs.]
WASTEWEIR
Waste"weir`, n.
Defn: An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
WASTING
Wast"ing, a.
Defn: Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.
WASTOR
Wast"or, n.
Defn: A waster; a thief. [Obs. or R.] [Written also wastour.]
Chaucer. Southey.