Wāst'er, n.
n. 1. One who wastes; one who squanders property; one who consumes extravagantly or without use.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9.
Sconces are great wasters of candles. Swift.
Sense 2. A thief in a candle. Halliwell.
Sense 3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
“Half a dozen veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head.” Beau. & Fl.
Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters. Browne.