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Show A Wa'sp1se. adj. [from wafp.] Peevifh malignant; irritable; irrafcible Il ufe you for my laughter When you are zwafpi/b Shakefp. Fulius Cafar Come, you waifp, you are too angry oIf I be wafpifh, beft beware my fting. Shakep By the ftern brow and wafpi/b attion Which fhe did ufe as the was writing of it Shakefp. As you like it 1t bears an angry tenour The taylor's wife was only a good hearty fhrew under the impotency of an unruly wafpifb humour L' Eftrange fhe would have her will Upon this grofs miftake the poor wafpifb creaS(i//ingflcu ture runs on for many leaves Much do I fuffer, much, to keep in peac This jealous, wwafpifb, wrong-head, rhiming}r}ace 0])0 Pee Wa'sPIsHLY. adv. [from awafpi/h. vifhly Wa'spisuNESS # /[ avafpifh, [ fro Peevithnefs ; irritability Wha'ssaiL. #. /. [ fro health, Saxon. 1. A liquor mad pzy heel, you of apples, fugar, an ale, anciently muc ufe by Englif goodfellows 2. A drunken bout Keeps waffail, and the fwagg'ring upfpring reels Shakefpeare Ainfworth 3. Amerry {ong =z [from awafail toper; a drunkard I'm loth t> meet the rudenefs and fwill'd infolenc Of fuch late wwayfailers Milton Wast., The fecond perfon of aas, fro To be o WASTE. «. a. [ aperean, Saxon awoeften, Dutch 3 guaftare, Italian tare, Latin. wa/ 1. To diminith The fire that mounts the liquor till't run o'er Seeming t' augment it, waffes it. Shak. Hen. VIII Could fighs furnifh new breath, or draw life an fpirits from the wvaffing of yours would encourage your paffion you friend Temple The patientis much waffed and enfeebled; an he is the more fo, becaufe in this confined ftate o the diftemper there is generally a great dejeétion o appetite 2 T Blackmore deftro ufelefsly luxurioufly ; to fquander wantonly an The people's praying after the minifter fay, waffeth time _There muf be providence nfed timber be not wafled the Hooker that our thip No ways and means their cabinet employ Bacon But their.dark hours they waffe in barren joy Garth 3. To deftroy; to defolate Daniel Peace to corrupt, no lefs than war to wafle Miiton .Fir{t vegetive, then feels, and reafons laft ichof three fouls, and lives all three to wafle Dryden The Tybe Infults our walls, and awafles our fruitful grounds Dryden Nowawafling years my former ftrength confound £nd added woes have bow'd me to the ground Yet by the ftubble you may guefs the grain And mark the ruins of no vulgar man Broome 4.%3T0 wear out Here condemn' To avafle eternal days in woe and pain 5+ To {pend; to confume . O wereI abl To wafle 1tIaIIl myfelf, and l ave you none OL 1 To Wasre, v, To dwindle ; to bei a ftate of confumption Man dieth and wapeth away Feby xiv. 10 d Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wwafg and deftruction are in their paths Ifa. lix. 7 The latter watch of wafling night And fetting ftars, to kindly fleep invite, Dryden WasTe. adj. [from the verb. 1. Deftroyed ; ruined The Sophi leaves all wafle in his retreat Th multiplicatio an obftinac Milton Milr Milt of difputes which have fo Jaid wafte the intelle€tua world, i owing to nothing more than to the ill ufe of words Locke When thus the gather'd ftorms of wretched love In my fwoln bofom, with long war had ftrove Laid all the civil bonds of manhood wafbe And fcatter'd ruin as the torrent paft Prior 2. Defolate; uncultivated There be very waffe countries and wilderneffes but we find not mention whether any do inhabi there Abbot He found him in a defert land, and in the wafk howling wildern=fs Deut. xxxils 10 3. Superfluous; exuberant ; loft for wan of occupiers Milton 4. Worthlefs ; that of which none but vil ufes can be made : as, awafte wood 5. That of which no account is taken, o value found It may be publifhed as well as printed, that f much {kill in Hebrew derivations may not lie fo wafle paper WasTE 1. Wanto 2. /. [from the verb. or luxuriou act of {quandering Dryden deftruion th Freedom who loves, muft firft be wife and good But from that mark how far they rove we fee For all this wafle of wealth, and lofs of blood Milton So foolith and lavifh are we, that too often w ufe fome words in mere evafle, and have no idea for them Watts 2, Confumption ; lofs Reafon induc us to think it a good work which they, in their care for well beftowing o time, account wwaffe Hooker Thin air is better pierced, but thick air pre ferveth the found better from wwaffe Bacon's Natural Hiffory It was providently defigned to repair the zvaff daily made by the frequent attrition in maftication Ray on the Creation 3. Ufelefs expence But youth, the perithing goed, runs on too faft And unenjoy'd it fpends itfelf to wwaffe Few know the ufe of life before 'tis paft. Dryden Secure the workings of your foul from runnin to waffe, and even your loofer moments will tur to happy account 4. Defolate or uncultivated ground He only their provifions awaftes and burns WA Quite furcharg'd with her own weight And ftrangled with her wwafle fertility The king doth wake to-night, and takes his roufe Wa'ssatLer A Watts See the man, who fpacious regions gav A wafe for beafts, himfelf denied a grave. Pope Land that is left wholly to nature, that hath n improvement of pafturage called vaffe tillage, or planting, i ; Locke 5. Ground, place, or {pace unoccupied Lifted aloft, he 'gan to mount up higher And, like frefh eagle, made his hardy flight Thro? all that great wide awaffe, yet wanting light Spenfer Thefe gentlemen, on their watch In the dead 2vaffe and middle of the night Shakefpeare's Hamle Had been thus encountred Forty days Elijah, without food Milton's Par. Reg Wander'd this barren wafle Lords of the world's great awaffe, the ocean, w Whole. forefts fend to reign upon the fea, #aller From that dire deluge, through she wat'ry zvafic Such length of years, fuch various perils paft Dryden TheeT purfuc, oh great ill-fated youth Through all the difmal wwaffe of gloomy death Sniit 6. Region ruined and deferted All the leafy nation finks at laft And Vulcan rides in triumph o'er the wafe Dryden's Eneid 7. Mifchief deftruéion The fpirit of wantonnefs is, fure, fcared out o him : if the devil have him not in fee-fimple, h will never, I think, in the way of wvafte, attemp us again Shakefpeare 8. [A law term.] Deftrution of wood o other produés of land You are but tenant for life, and fhall make n wafle Shadwell Wa'sTEFUL adj. [wafte and full. 1. Deftru&ive ; ruinous The folly of ma Let in thefe waffefu! furies Miltor's Par. Loft 2. Wantonly or diffolutely confumptive To fmooth the ice, or add another hu Unto the rainbow, or with taper ligh To feek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnifh s wafleful and ridiculous excefs. Shak. K. Fokn In fuch cafes they fet them off more with wi and adtivity pences than with cofily an waffeful exBacon 3. Lavith; prodigal ; luxuriantly liberal How has kind heaven adorn'd the happy land And featter'd bleflings with a wwaffeful hand Addifor 4. Defolate ; uncultivated ; unoccupied In wilderncfs and wwaffcful defarts ftray'd To feek her knight Spenfer Outrageous as a fea, dark, wafteful, wild. Milt Wa'sTeruLLY. adv. [ from awaffeful. With vain and diffolate confumption Never any man would think our labour miffpent, or the time waflefully confumed Hooker To her new-made favourite, Morat Her lavith hand is waffefuily profufe Dryden's Aurengzebe WaSTEFULNESS. 2. £ [from awaffeful. Prodigality Wa'sTexEss. 2 /. [from quafte.] Defolation ; folitude Throug She, of nought afraid woods and wafiens/s wide him dail fought Spenfer That day is a day of wrath,a day of waftenefs Zeph. 1. 1 WA'STER. 7 /. [fromr avafle.] One tha confumes diffolutely and extravagantly a {quanderer ; vain confamer Divers Roman knights The profufe waffers of their patrimonies So threaten'd with their debts, as they will no Run any defperate fortune Ben Fonfor's Catiline Plenty in their own keeping malkes them wanto and carelefs, and teaches them to be fquanderer and waflers Locke Upon cards and dice never learn any play, and f be incapacitated for thofe encroaching wwaffers o ufeful time Locke Sconces are great waffers of candles Swift Wa'STREL . /. [from awafie: Their works, both ftream and load, lie in fevera or in aaftrell, that is, in inclofed grounds or i cOMmMmons Careg WATCH. #. /. [pzcce, Saxon. 1. Forbearance of fleep 2. Attendance without fleep All the long night their mournfut warc keep the And all thepday ftand round the tomb and weep 3. Attention; clofe obfervation J‘ZL:'c.l.ier)f In my fchool days, when I had lo& one fhaft I thot his fellow, of the felf-fame flight Fhe Glf-fame way, with more advifcd sparch g T |