Webster's Dictionary 1828

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WASTEFULLY

WASTEFULLY, adverb In a lavish manner; with prodigality; in useless expenses or consumption.Her lavish hand is wastefully profuse.

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WASTEFULNESS

WASTEFULNESS, noun Lavishness; prodigality; the act or practice of expending what is valuable without necessity or use.

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WASTEL

WASTEL, noun A particular sort of bread; fine bread or cake.

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WASTENESS

WASTENESS, noun A desolate state; solitude.That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness Zephaniah 1:15.

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WASTER

WASTER, noun1. One who is prodigal; one who squanders property; one who consumes extravagantly or without use.He also that is slothful in his work, is brother to him who is a gr...

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WASTETHRIFT

WASTETHRIFT, noun [waste and thrift.] A spendthrift.

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WASTING

WASTING, participle present tense1. Lavishing prodigally; expending or consuming without use; diminishing by slow dissipation; desolating; laying waste.WASTING and relentless wa...

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WASTOREL

WASTREL, WASTOREL noun Waste substances; any thing cast away as bad. [Local.]

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WASTREL

WASTREL, noun A state of waste or common. [Local.]

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WATCH

WATCH, noun [It is from the same root as wake, which see.]1. Forbearance of sleep.2. Attendance without sleep.All the long night their mournful watch they keep.3. Attention; clo...

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WATCH-GLASS

WATCH-GLASS, noun [watch and glass.]1. In ships, a half hour glass, used to measure the time of a watch on deck.2. A concavo-convex glass for covering the face or dial of a watch.

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WATCH-HOUSE

WATCH-HOUSE, noun [watch and house.] A house in which a watch or guard is placed.

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WATCH-LIGHT

WATCH-LIGHT, noun [watch and light.] A candle with a rush wick.

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WATCHED

WATCHED, participle passive Guarded; observed with steady vigilance.

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WATCHER

WATCHER, noun1. One who sits up or continues awake; particularly, one who attends upon the sick during the night.2. A diligent observer; as an attentive watcher of the works of ...

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WATCHET

WATCHET, adjective Pale or light blue.Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes? [Not in use.]

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WATCHFUL

WATCHFUL, adjective Vigilant; attentive; careful to observe; observant; cautious. It has of before the thing to be regulated, as to be watchful of ones behavior; and against, be...

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WATCHFULLY

WATCHFULLY, adverb Vigilantly; heedfully; with careful observation of the approach of evil, or attention to duty.

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WATCHFULNESS

WATCHFULNESS, noun1. Vigilance; heedfulness; heed; suspicious attention; careful and diligent observation for the purpose of preventing or escaping danger, or of avoiding mistak...

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WATCHING

WATCHING, participle present tense Being awake; guarding; attending the sick; carefully observing.WATCHING, noun Wakefulness; inability to sleep.

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WATCHMAKER

WATCHMAKER, noun [watch and maker.] One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

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WATCHMAN

WATCHMAN, noun [watch and man.] A sentinel; a guard.

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WATCHTOWER

WATCHTOWER, noun [watch and tower.] A tower on which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies or the approach of danger.

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WATCHWORD

WATCHWORD, noun [watch and word.] The word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a ...

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WATER

WATER, noun Wauter. [G., Gr.]1. A fluid, the most abundant and most necessary for living beings of any in nature, except air. water when pure, is colorless, destitute of taste a...

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WATER-BEARER

WATER-BEARER, noun [water and bearer.] In astronomy, a sign of the zodiac, called also Aquarius, from Latin Aqua, water.

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WATER-BELLOWS

WATER-BELLOWS, noun [water and bellows.] A machine for blowing air into a furnace, by means of a column of water falling through a vertical tube.