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Nov 30, 2009
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Ves•ta



Pronunciation: (ves'tu), [key]
—n.
1. the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
2. Astron.the third largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.
3. (l.c.) Brit.a short friction match with a wood or wax shank.
4. a female given name.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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