Vesta
Vesta
Definition
Vesta (ves′tə)
noun
- Rom. Myth. the goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia
- Historical, Brit. a short wooden or wax match
Etymology: L, prob. akin to Gr Hestia, lit., hearth
Vesta
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- case: Our Price £ 160.00 m653sm Victorian vesta case with enclosed striker and cigar cutter in silver dated 1878 and monogrammed J.W.Naylor Leeds.Makers mark RT.
Noun used with modifier
- wax: He is a professional beggar, tho in order to avoid the police regulations he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas.
Browse dictionary entries near Vesta
- vest-pocket
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- vessel
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- vespid
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- vespertine
- vespertilionid
- vespers
- vestal
- vestal virgin
- vested
- vested interest
- vestee
- vestiary
- vestibule
- vestige
- vestigial sideband
- vesting
