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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 246 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WAIST , the See also:

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

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