waster

noun

1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
2. (dialectal)An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
3. (obsolete)A destroyer or plunderer.

   “He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.”

4. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

   “Unless the cast was very hot indeed, the steel would refuse to ascend, and a great many wasters were caused thereby.”

5. (obsolete)A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

   “Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.”

6. (Scotland, obsolete)A leister; a spear for catching fish.