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Waitress (n.)

A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

Waive (v. t.)

A waif; a castaway.

Waive (v. t.)

A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

Waive (v. t.)

To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.

Waive (v. t.)

To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.

Waive (v. t.)

To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.

Waive (v. t.)

To desert; to abandon.

Waive (v. i.)

To turn aside; to recede.

Waived (imp. & p. p.)

of Waive

Waiver (n.)

The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.

Waiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Waive

Waivure (n.)

See Waiver.

Waiwode (n.)

See Waywode.

Wake (n.)

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

Wake (v. i.)

To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

Wake (v. i.)

To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Wake (v. i.)

To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.

Wake (v. i.)

To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

Wake (v. t.)

To rouse from sleep; to awake.

Wake (v. t.)

To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.