Definition of "waise" [waise]

• A Scotch form of wiss.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And you, Yellowplush, would penetwate these mystewies: you would waise the awful veil, and stand in the twemendous Pwesence."
• "He had a brown leather belt around his waise, and I noticed that its clasp was of damascened steel beautifully wrought."
• "And you, Yellowplush, would penetwate these mystewies; you would waise the awful veil, and stand in the twemendous Pwesence."