Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WAITS
WAIT'ING-MAID, or WAIT'ING-WOMANWAIVE
WAITS, n. [Goth. wahts, watch.]
- Itinerant nocturnal musicians. [Not in use.] – Beaum.
- Nocturnal musicians who attended great men. – Cyc.
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