| waist |
noun |
That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips., Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel’s deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship., A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line., A girdle or belt for the waist. |
| waive |
verb t. |
A waif; a castaway., A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note., To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego., To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert., To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses., To desert; to abandon., To turn aside; to recede. |