Waste"weir` (?), n. An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow,
of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
Wast"ing, a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a
wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under
Progressive.
Wast"or, n. A waster; a thief. [Obs. or R.] [Written also wastour.]
Chaucer. Southey.