Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A waste or desert place.

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  • August 2nd, 2008 at 6: 38 am mr berkely - haven’t you just confirmed what i stated? and I learned it from arab muslims I know personally who rail against “splashback” inherent in wastern bathroom styles. at any rate, the point was people can be offended by things you say about them even if they are true if they are presented in an abusive or jocular manner

    Klein-Neocon Conflict Gathers Steam « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • These latter are the tribes peopling Biblical Canaan or wastern Palestine: "And the limits of Canaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa."

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

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