waster

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waster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Waster \Wast"er\, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See
     Waste, v. t.]
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     1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who
        consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a
        prodigal.
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              He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
              him that is a great waster.           --Prov. xviii.
                                                    9.
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              Sconces are great wasters of candles. --Swift.
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     2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to
        waste; -- called also a thief. --Halliwell.
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     3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
        foil.
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              Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow
              for a broken head.                    --Beau. & Fl.
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              Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of
              reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
                                                    --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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waster - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  waster
      n 1: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn:
           wastrel, waster]
      2: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer
         of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of
         gravestones" [syn: destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster,
         uprooter]