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waist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Waist \Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS weaxan to grow; cf AS w[ae]stm growth. See {Wax} to grow.] 1. 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. --Chaucer. I am in the waist two yards about --Shak. 2. 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. 3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line 4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak. {Waist anchor}. See {Sheet anchor}, 1, in the Vocabulary. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: waist n 1: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn: {waistline}] 2: the part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole [syn: {shank}]
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