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Encyclopedia Britannica



WAIST

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 246 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
WAIST , the
middle
 
part
  of the human
body
 , the portion lying between the ribs and the hip-bones, comprising the compressible parts of the trunk. The word is also applied to the central portion of other
objects
 , particularly tc the narrowest portion of musical
instruments
  of the
violin
  type and to the centre of a
ship
 . The word appears in the M. Eng. as
waste
 , "
waste
  of a mannys' myddel " (Prompt. parv. c. 1440), and is
developed
  from the
O. Eng. wcestm, growth, the " waist " being the
part
  where the growth of a man is shown and
developed
 ; cf. Icel. voxtr, stature, shape; Dan. vaext,
size
 , growth, &c. It is thus to be derived from the 0. Eng. weaxan, to grow, wax.


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