House of waste; a tavern or alehouse, where idle people waste both their time and money.
·adj Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. II. Waste ·v Old or abandoned workings, whethe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a consumption. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·add. ·- Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste. ...