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long-waisted, a.
1. Having a long waist, as a person, a ship, etc.
1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 183 Slender, long-wasted, and not corpulent. 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii, It makes me show long-waisted, and, I think, slender. 1694Lond. Gaz. No. 2965/4 A young Bay Mare,..long wasted and weak Pasturn. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. 214 Her long-waisted pigeon-breasted gown. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 589 The thorax appears to be unduly long and narrow, and the patients describe themselves as ‘long-waisted’.
†2. fig. Easy; loose. Obs.
1647Ward Simp. Cobler 24, I shall..borrow a little of their [women's] loose tongue Liberty, and mispend a word or two upon their long-wasted, but short-skirted patience. a1658Cleveland Lenten Litany i. iv, From a Parliament long-wasted Conscience, Libera nos, &c. ― Square Cap iv, Next comes the Puritan in a Wrought-Cap, With a long-wasted Conscience towards a Sister. |