WAITERING

Etymology

Noun

waitering (uncountable)

The work of a waiter, serving customers at their table with food and drink.

Nor yet can you lay down the gentleman's service when stimulated by prolonged incompatibility on the part of cooks (and here it may be remarked that Cooking and Incompatibility will be mostly found united), and take up Waitering.

Source: Wiktionary


WAITER

Wait"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table. The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, "Make room," as if a duke were passing by. Swift.

2. A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. Coast waiter. See under Coast, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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