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waster

1. [söz] zyňyndy [Umumy]

waster

n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.] ()

1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal. ()

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. (Prov. xviii. 9.)

Sconces are great wasters of candles. (Swift.)

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.)