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waister Naut.|ˈweɪstə(r)|
[f. waist + -er1.]
(See quots.)
1815Falconer's Dict. Marine (ed. Burney), Waisters, a name given, to the men stationed in the waist in working the ship. 1846A. Young Naut. Dict., Waisters, ‘green hands, or broken-down seamen’, placed in the waist of a ship of war, to do duty not requiring a knowledge of seamanship. 1850H. Melville White Jacket I. iii. 12 Then, there are the Waisters, always stationed on the gun-deck. These haul aft the fore and main-sheets, besides being subject to ignoble duties; attending to the drainage [etc.]. 1854J. Hannay Sand & Shells 13 Mr. Crabb relieved his feelings by pegging into an idle ‘waister’ with his ‘colt’. |