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Estrepement :: Estrepement (n.) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses..

Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..

Draffy :: Draffy (a.) Dreggy; waste; worthless.

Sprue :: Sprue (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross..

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Thief :: Thief (n.) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Sweal :: Sweal (v. i.) To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame..

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates..

Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..

Scath :: Scath (v.) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.

Candlewaster :: Candlewaster (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.

Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks..

Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste..

Waste :: Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..

Draughthouse :: Draughthouse (n.) A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.

Stowre :: Stowing (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

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