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▪ I. wastry, wastery, n. Sc. and north.|ˈweɪstrɪ|
Also 8–9 wastrie.
[f. waste v. + -ery.]
Reckless extravagance, esp. in living; wastefulness; also, an act or case of wastefulness.
1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith xix. 184 The same very fault and sin of wastry, that is inherent in the broken bankrupt. 1661R. Baillie in Lauderdale Papers (Camden) I. 96 Through his wastery, hes left..in debt. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 64 Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie, That's little short o' downright wastrie. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 340 How is a nation to be converted from extravagance to frugality, when the intent and purpose of all men's minds and endeavours is to foster this wonderful wastery. 1863‘Holme Lee’ A. Warleigh III. 247 He was a gentleman born, but he'd ruined himself wi' gambling an' wastry. 1893Stevenson Catriona xxviii, My disposition has always been opposed to wastery.
b. Waste of (what is specified).
1830Galt Lawrie T. iii. xiv, I thought with myself..what a wastrie of time was caused by the inconsiderate talk of uninformed men. 1900B. Kirkby Granite Chips 41 (E.D.D.) It was fair weastry o' ink an time.
▪ II. ˈwastry, a. Sc. ? Obs.
[? f. waster n.1 or v. + -y. Cf. wastrife a.]
Wasteful, extravagant.
1791J. Learmont Poems 364 (E.D.D.) To live wi' sic a wast'ry, braisant jade. 1825Jamieson, Wastrie, prodigal; a wastrie person, one who is extravagant. |