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cted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

In the inner parts; internally. Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. Shak.

A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

knell for thee. Beau. & Fl. Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone". Ld. Lytton.

Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

ght was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. Waller.

use. Shak. To laugh away. (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret. (b) To waste in hilarity. "Pompey doth this day laugh away his fortune." Shak. -- To laugh down. (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker. (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to laugh…

ire from active service, as a ship. -- To lay wait for, to lie in ambush for. -- To lay waste, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay waste the land.

To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days. [Colloq.]

An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.

Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. Dryden.

Wasteful; slothful.

That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.

Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.

To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] Harvey.

d in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. Fuller. Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. Tennyson.

fecting any purpose; disposable force or substance. Your means are very slender, and your waste is great. Shak.

To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.