waste steam

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Waste \Waste\, a. [OE. wast, OF. wast, from L. vastus, influenced by the kindred German word; cf. OHG. wuosti, G. w["u]st, OS. w?sti, D. woest, AS. w[=e]ste. Cf. Vast.] [1913 Webster]

1.Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless. [1913 Webster]

The dismal situation waste and wild.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

2.Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. [1913 Webster]

But his waste words returned to him in vain.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

Not a waste or needless sound, Till we come to holier ground.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Ill day which made this beauty waste.— Emerson.[1913 Webster]

3.Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous. [1913 Webster]

And strangled with her waste fertility.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Waste gate, a gate by which the superfluous water of a reservoir, or the like, is discharged.

Waste paper. See under Paper.

Waste pipe, a pipe for carrying off waste, or superfluous, water or other fluids. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like.

Waste steam. (a) Steam which escapes the air. (b) Exhaust steam.

Waste trap, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink. [1913 Webster]