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  • 61Waste steam — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary;… …

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  • 62Waste trap — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary;… …

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  • 63Worthless — Worth less, a. [AS. weor[eth]le[ a]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless… …

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  • 64Worthlessly — Worthless Worth less, a. [AS. weor[eth]le[ a]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a… …

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  • 65Worthlessness — Worthless Worth less, a. [AS. weor[eth]le[ a]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a… …

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  • 66foist — transitive verb Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one s hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fȳst fist Date: circa 1587 1. a. to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b …

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  • 67nothingness — noun Date: circa 1631 1. the quality or state of being nothing: as a. nonexistence b. utter insignificance c. death 2. something insignificant or valueless 3. void, emptiness …

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  • 68worthless — adjective Date: circa 1577 1. a. lacking worth ; valueless < worthless currency > b. useless < worthless to continue searching > 2. contemptible, despicable < a worthless criminal > • …

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  • 69bean — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bene, from Old English bēan; akin to Old High German bōna bean Date: before 12th century 1. a. broad bean b. the seed of any of various erect or climbing plants (as of the genera Phaseolus and Vigna) of the&#8230; …

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  • 70discard — I. verb Date: circa 1586 transitive verb 1. to get rid of especially as useless or unwanted < a pile of discarded tires > 2. a. to remove (a playing card) from one s hand b. to play (any card except a trump) from a suit different from the one led …

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