waste steam

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waste steam - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Waste \Waste\, a. [OE. wast, OF. wast, from L. vastus,
     influenced by the kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosti, G.
     w["u]st, OS. w?sti, D. woest, AS. w[=e]ste. Cf. Vast.]
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     1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary;
        dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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              The dismal situation waste and wild.  --Milton.
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              His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into
              the waste darkness of futurity.       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse;
        rejected; as, waste land; waste paper.
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              But his waste words returned to him in vain.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Not a waste or needless sound,
              Till we come to holier ground.        --Milton.
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              Ill day which made this beauty waste. --Emerson.
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     3. Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.
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              And strangled with her waste fertility. --Milton.
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     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.
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