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A pad stuffed with cotton or feathers, worn by ladies for the double purpose of giving a greater prominence to the hips, and setting off the smallness of the waist.
The fleshy sides of the waist.
A large winch with a vertical axis. In the days of sail, a full-sized human-powered capstan was a waist-high cylindrical machine, operated by a number of hands who each insert a horizontal capstan bar in holes in the capstan and walk in a circle. Used to wind in anchors or other heavy objects; and sometimes to administer flogging over.
To carry someone on your back. They wrap their legs around your waist and arms round your neck.
Describes a female who is "top" heavy. eg. big breasts, big waist, big hips and thighs.....and skinny legs.
  Dive position in which the knees are straight and the body is folded forward at the waist, with toes pointed.
Extreme wedgie: the act of several boys gathering round a chosen victim, reaching into said victims waistband and all hauling up victim underpants until they ripped. This was (is) extremely painful when the kecks were St. Michael as they would never rip.
 Waistcoat, vest
The fleshy sides of the waist.
The fleshy sides of the waist.
The central deck of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.
Southeast Asia huts. Standard-designed buildings of corrigated tin roofs; walls of horizontal-louvered boards four feet up from the bottom, and screen from the bottom to the roof inside; some were on concrete pads and some were on blocks; some had sandbags around them about 30 inches from the wall and waist high; you could walk inside the sandbags from door to door; wooden walkways between buildings so you didn't have to walk in mud; a few sandbags were place on the roofs to keep them from blowing away in a hurricane.
  Fob pocket in a waistcoat
a heavy wollen knitted man’s garment with no openeing on the back or front, pulled on over the head and reaching just below the waist; a wool sweater
(ed: added verbatim - couldn't improve this): "One is often referred to as a 'rocket' after making a ridiculous suggestion. "Why don't we do our homework at tea-time on Friday then we can have the week-end to ourselves?" "Bolt ya rocket!" "Ya fuckin' rocket!" Do you see? There was also a practice of responding to a ridiculous suggestion with a words-and-pictures composition. "Ask your mum to go for the carry-out," would be greeted with, first,"a-rocket!" then holding the right arm at the elbow to the waist and brushing it past the ear (reminiscent of my own school's 'spazzy' motion) in shooing-away-wasp action coupled with loud raspberry. Rarely seen masterpiece."'
A person with big shoulders and a small waist.
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A garment occasionally worn by women as a part of fashionable costume.
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A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
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That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.
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A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.
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Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.
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Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.
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A girdle or belt for the waist.
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One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.
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Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.
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An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
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Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.
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Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
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A sash worn by women around the waist.
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The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
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A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.
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Having a short waist.
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A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.
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A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
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A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war.
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A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.
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