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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WAISTER

n.In ships, waisters are men who are stationed in the waist in working the ship.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WAISTER

WAISTER Waist "er, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war. R. H. Dana, Jr.