Waster /(?)/

Wast·er

Waster

n.
  1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
    He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
    — Prov. xviii. 9.
    Sconces are great wasters of candles.
  2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
  3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
    Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head.
    Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.