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† ˈwastie Obs.
[If not an error, prob. f. waist n. + -ie = -y.]
? Capacity (of a ship).
1600Holland Livy xxxvii. xxiii. 957 The kings fleet consisted of 37, and those of greater burden and wastie [L. majoris formae]. Ibid. xxx. 961 The enemies armada consisted of fourescore and nine, all ships of the greatest wastie and making [L. maximae formae]. |