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Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc..

Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

Nutriment :: Nutriment (n.) That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

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

Lie :: Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall..

Save :: Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

Forewaste :: Forewaste (v. t.) See Forewaste.

Wastebook :: Wastebook (n.) A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal..

Save :: Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..

Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits..

Bezzle :: Bezzle (v. t.) To plunder; to waste in riot.

Ravager :: Ravager (n.) One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler..

Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

Moth :: Moth (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing..

Havoc :: Havoc (n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.

Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..

Wastethrift :: Wastethrift (n.) A spendthrift.

Misspend :: Misspend (v. t.) To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money..

Goaf :: Goaf (n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .

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