Waist vs Wast - What's the difference?
waist | wast |
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 ,
(archaic)
* 1600 , William Shakespeare, As You Like It , Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
* 1611 , The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version , (first & last usages),
* 1850 , , The Blessed Damozel , lines 97-99
As a noun waist
is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.As a verb wast is
(archaic).waist
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- 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 * waistlineAnagrams
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Verb
- "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
- Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
- Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast , and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
- Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!
- Yea, one wast thou with me
- That once of old.