Waste

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WASTE, adj., sb. and v.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in forms weast Cum.; wyest Nhb.1 [wēst, weəst, wiəst.] 1. adj. In comp. (1) Waste-boxes, a coal-mining term: boxes in which the waste water of a pumping-pit is conveyed from the rings; (2) Waste-pit, a coalmining term: a vertical pit or well, used for carrying off the water when it overflows. (1) Nhb.1 (2) w.Yks. N. & Q. (1852) 1st S. v. 251. 2. Wasted; needless; useless, vain. Sh.I. Ollason Mareel (1901) 67. w.Yks. Thah's saved me a waste gait, owd lad (B.K.). Glo.1 If I did ask him, he'd tell me wrong, to send me on a waste journey. Nrf. Emerson Lagoons (ed. 1896) 165. 3. Fatigued; faint. I.Ma. You're jus' dead, an' fairly waste for want of mate, Rydings Tales (1895) 22; (S.M.) 4. sb. A piece of uncultivated land; a common. Der.2 An enclosure on a waste or common (s.v. Intack). Ken.1 Som. I seed un by now... right out along by Dree-hounds Waste, Raymond No Soul (1899) 46. Dev. Ford Larramys (1897) 36. Hence (1) Wastage, (2) Wasteness, sb. a waste place; a place of desolation; (3) Wasty, adj. containing useless space. (1) Ayr. Carsewell's family has gone all to drift, and his house become a wastage, Galt Gilhaize (1823) xx. (2) m.Yks.1 (3) Chs.1 A house much larger than one requires would be described as ‘a great, wasty place.’ 5. Old, disused workings in a coal-mine. Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. The extent of excavation or waste, in these mines [the alum mines at Hurlet, Rnf.], is about 1½ mile in length, and the greatest breadth about {3-4} of a mile, Agric. Surv. 26 (JAM.). Lnk. Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 206. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Open waste filled with rubbish, Borings (1878) I. 47. Cum.4 Hence Wastemen, sb. pl. men employed in the ‘wastes’ of a mine. N.Cy.1 [They] attend to the ventilation of the wastes and of the pit generally. Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Generally old men, who are employed in building pillars for the support of the roof in the waste and in keeping the airways open and in good order. 6. A consumption, phthisis. Cf. wasting. Sc. Your father's family going off one after the other in a waste, Keith Lisbeth (1894) vii. n.Cy. Grose (1790). ne.Lan.1 Der. I daabt aar Liz's i' a waste, Gilchrist Rue Bargain (1898) 32. Not. He's in a waste (L.C.M.). Lei.1 Nhp.1 Poor thing! she'll never live, she's in a waste. Hence Wasty, adj. consumptive. Lei.1 A wasty family. Nhp.2 Maester R. looks martal wasty. 7. Coal-mining refuse; a cheap kind of coal. w.Sc. The surrounding country (the aspect of which was scarred by pits, and distorted by black heaps of ‘waste’), Wood Farden Ha' (1902) 326. War. A class of fuel in Warwickshire, known as ‘waste,’ has risen from 1s. a truck to 30s., or from 1½d. to 4s. per ton, Standard (Jan. 30, 1900) a. 8. A spinning and weaving term: remnants of weft, broken threads, &c. Sc. Supreme in rags, ye weave, in tears, The shining robe your murderer wears; Till worn, at last, to very ‘waste,’ A hole to die in at the best, Thom Rhymes (1844) 74. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Nadin... followed up the clue to a waste-dealer's, who bought at his own price workpeople's ‘waste,’ Banks Manch. Man (1876) xviii. Hence Waste-dealer, sb. one who buys ‘waste.’ w.Yks., Lan. BANKS Manch. Man 9. v. To argue, reason, &c. in vain; gen. in phr. to waste one's wind. Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1, n.Lan.1 10. To abate, diminish, lessen, wane; to cause to decrease. Chs.1 Chs.3 Cmb. She be a good cat, she wasties the meesen [mice] finely, she do (M.J.B.). Ess.1 The moon wastes. Sur.1 The snow wast-es very fast. 11. To injure; to spoil; to make unfit for use. Cum. A matron being asked to go to the assistance of a woman in labour, and having declined, the messenger replied, ‘What, ye'll seerly nit see t'woman weastit, will ye?’ Dickinson Gl. Suppl. (1867) 6; (E.W.P.) n.Yks.1 ‘Have you wasted your frock?’ to a little girl who had spilt something over it at dinnertime. ‘All's feared t'corn 'll be quite wasted;’ in a wet harvest-time. A book subjected to rough usage, is wasted; and so is knife, or other steel article, which has been inadvertently left exposed to damp, &c. 12. To reduce into condition. Ess. I have generally known it used in agriculture as referring to ploughing, harrowing, &c. ‘I'll waste it right tightly’ ─ i.e. get it into order satisfactorily (F.G.B.).

WASTE, v.2 Obs. e.An.1 Also in form waster. To bang; to cudgel; to play at ‘wasters.’

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Source : Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms - James Orchard Halliwell