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† ˈcut-waist Obs.
An insect, esp. one with the division between thorax and abdomen deeply cut.
1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 659 Wilde Hornets..live in the hollow trunks or cavities of trees, there keeping themselves close all the Winter long, as other Cut-wasts do. Ibid. 779 The Butter-fly, or any other Cut-waste.
So ˈcut-waisted ppl. a.
1577Harrison England iii. vi. (1878) ii. 36 The cut wasted (for so I English the word Insecta) are the hornets, waspes, bees, and such like. 1607Topsell Serpents (1608) 638 A Bee is a cut-wasted living creature. |