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(nautical, military, historical) A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship..
The largest division of a ship's company, and the most ignoble, was that of the waisters, the men stationed in the waist, the men " without art or judgment," who hauled aft the fore and main sheets, and kept the decks white.
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Waister means (nautical, military, historical) A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship..
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The largest division of a ship's company, and the most ignoble, was that of the waisters, the men stationed in the waist, the men " without art or judgment," who hauled aft the fore and main sheets, and kept the decks white.
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