- Waister
- Waister Waist"er, n. (Naut.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Waister
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waister — waist·er … English syllables
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trouncer — ˈtrau̇n(t)sə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: trounce (I) + er : one that trounces: as a. : waister … Useful english dictionary
