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Waist vs Waift - What's the difference?

waist | waift |

As nouns the difference between waist and waift

is that waist is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach while waift is obsolete form of waif.

waist

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  • A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
  • The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
  • The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
  • (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
  • * 1851 ,
    • There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist .

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from waist) * pantywaist * waistband * waistcoat * waistless * waistline

    Anagrams

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    External links

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    waift

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)