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Webster 1913 Edition

Waister

Waist′er

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Noun.
(Naut.)
A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war.
R. H. Dana, Jr.

Webster 1828 Edition

Waister

WAISTER

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Noun.
In ships, waisters are men who are stationed in the waist in working the ship.

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