Obs. [If not an error, prob. f. WAIST sb. + -ie = -Y.] ? Capacity (of a ship).
1600. Holland, Livy, XXXVII. xxiii. 957. The kings fleet consisted of 37, and those of greater burden and wastie [L. majoris formae]. Ibid., XXX. 961. The enemies armada consisted of fourescore and nine, all ships of the greatest wastie and making [L. maximae formae].
