noun

• Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
• (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
• (obsolete) A destroyer or plunderer.
• An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
• (obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
• (obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.