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Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.

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  1. n. Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
  2. n. A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
  3. n. A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
  4. n. a receptacle for catching waste products for further use
  5. n. a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
  6. n. a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship
  7. Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically: (a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned. (b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten. (c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
  8. Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.Specifically:(a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so thatthey be burned.(b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of anothersail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten. (c) Atrough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
  9. n. a receptacle for catching waste products for further use n. a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail n. a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship