Vestan.

Brit.

/ˈvɛstə/, U.S.

/ˈvɛstə/

Forms: Also Middle English Veste.

Etymology: < Latin Vesta, the goddess of that name (see sense 1) answering to the Greek Ἑστία, identical with ἑστία hearth, house, household.

1. Mythology. A Roman female divinity, the daughter of Saturn, goddess of the hearth and household.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Vesta

Vestaa1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 73 He ȝaf a temple..wiþ fyre to þe goddes Vesta and here maydenes to be worschipped.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 157 Sche which was the Prioresse In Vestes temple the goddesse.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. v. 91 The..garlandis Of Vesta, goddes of the erd and fyre.

1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 23 Vestas virgins with their holy fires: Doe cleanse the thoughts that fancie hath defilde.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. xi. 676 The minds of men were put in feare, for the going out of the fire in the chappell of Vesta.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 38 Yet thou art higher far descended, Thee bright-hair'd Vesta..To solitary Saturn bore.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 246 He said, and brought me..The venerable Statues of the Gods: With ancient Vesta from the sacred Quire.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vestals The Romans were not the only People who kept the perpetual Fire of Vesta, in imitation of the celestial Fires.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas xxxiv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 40 Couched..as on Vesta's sceptre a swift flame.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 285/1 Vesta was regarded as the goddess of domestic union and happiness.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 If ever the sacred fire of Vesta did go out, the negligent vestal was to be punished by scourging.

attributive.1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 Fire was solemnly sent from the prytaneum or Vesta temple of the mother colony.

2. Astronomy. One of the minor planets, revolving in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > minor planet or asteroid > [noun] > specific

Vesta1807

Juno1834

Victoria1851

psyche1852

Urania1855

iris1858

Sappho1864

Clio1867

Euterpe1867

Virginia1868

Eros1900

Trojan1918

Amor1932

1807 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 245 Observations and Measurements of the Planet Vesta.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 285/2 Vesta performs its revolution in about 1326 mean solar days.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 214 The distance, and other elements of the orbit of Vesta, presented serious differences both with this theory and Bode's law.

3. Used as the distinctive name of a special make of household stove.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove

bath-stove1591

pech1591

stewpot1688

kitchen range1733

cockle1775

copper-hole1785

Franklin stove1787

kitchen stove1795

gas stove1818

calefactor1831

thermometer-stove1838

Vesta1843

airtight1844

ship-hearth1858

base-burner1861

wood-stove1875

box1878

tortoise1884

wood-burner1901

Quebec heater1903

pot belly1920

cosy stove1926–7

oil stove1934

paraffin stove1995

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 68/2 In..the ‘Vesta stove’,..the ashes can be raked from the grate..without any dust rising into the room.

1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 422/2 The various stoves, Vesta, Chunk, &c.,..are all founded on the Arnott Stove.

4. A kind of wax match. Originally attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction

allumette1601

fire cane1644

paper match1780

Strasbourg match1825

match1830

lucifer match1831

fusee1832

loco-foco1835

oxymuriatic match1835

Congreve1839

Vesta1839

friction-match1847

safety match1850

German Congreve1851

Vesuvian1853

star1862

safety1876

tandstickor1884

post-and-railsa1890

book match1899

Swan Vesta1908

1839 C. Sinclair Holiday House ii. 25 Laura afterwards singed a hole in her muslin frock, while lighting one of the Vesta matches to seal these numerous notes.

1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria c. 62 §2 The following Duties of Customs shall be charged:..Lucifers, Vesta, of Wax, the 1,000 Matches, 0. 0. 0½.

1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 326 Wax vestas, pipes, maccaroni, and candles.

1863 F. A. Abel in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 26 356 Varieties of wax or Vesta matches.

1864 G. L. M. Strauss et al. England's Workshops 233 The vesta boxes are put in parcels of half-a-dozen and one dozen.

1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xix Frost's trembling fingers had to strike one or two vestas.

1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 68 The major pulled a vesta-case from his pocket.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vesta
释义	Vestan. Brit. /ˈvɛstə/, U.S. /ˈvɛstə/ Forms: Also Middle English Veste. Etymology: < Latin Vesta, the goddess of that name (see sense 1) answering to the Greek Ἑστία, identical with ἑστία hearth, house, household. 1. Mythology. A Roman female divinity, the daughter of Saturn, goddess of the hearth and household. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Vesta Vestaa1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 73 He ȝaf a temple..wiþ fyre to þe goddes Vesta and here maydenes to be worschipped. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 157 Sche which was the Prioresse In Vestes temple the goddesse. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. v. 91 The..garlandis Of Vesta, goddes of the erd and fyre. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 23 Vestas virgins with their holy fires: Doe cleanse the thoughts that fancie hath defilde. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxviii. xi. 676 The minds of men were put in feare, for the going out of the fire in the chappell of Vesta. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 38 Yet thou art higher far descended, Thee bright-hair'd Vesta..To solitary Saturn bore. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 246 He said, and brought me..The venerable Statues of the Gods: With ancient Vesta from the sacred Quire. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vestals The Romans were not the only People who kept the perpetual Fire of Vesta, in imitation of the celestial Fires. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas xxxiv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 40 Couched..as on Vesta's sceptre a swift flame. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 285/1 Vesta was regarded as the goddess of domestic union and happiness. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 If ever the sacred fire of Vesta did go out, the negligent vestal was to be punished by scourging. attributive.1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 193/1 Fire was solemnly sent from the prytaneum or Vesta temple of the mother colony. 2. Astronomy. One of the minor planets, revolving in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > minor planet or asteroid > [noun] > specific Vesta1807 Juno1834 Victoria1851 psyche1852 Urania1855 iris1858 Sappho1864 Clio1867 Euterpe1867 Virginia1868 Eros1900 Trojan1918 Amor1932 1807 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 245 Observations and Measurements of the Planet Vesta. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 285/2 Vesta performs its revolution in about 1326 mean solar days. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 214 The distance, and other elements of the orbit of Vesta, presented serious differences both with this theory and Bode's law. 3. Used as the distinctive name of a special make of household stove. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 68/2 In..the ‘Vesta stove’,..the ashes can be raked from the grate..without any dust rising into the room. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 422/2 The various stoves, Vesta, Chunk, &c.,..are all founded on the Arnott Stove. 4. A kind of wax match. Originally attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction allumette1601 fire cane1644 paper match1780 Strasbourg match1825 match1830 lucifer match1831 fusee1832 loco-foco1835 oxymuriatic match1835 Congreve1839 Vesta1839 friction-match1847 safety match1850 German Congreve1851 Vesuvian1853 star1862 safety1876 tandstickor1884 post-and-railsa1890 book match1899 Swan Vesta1908 1839 C. Sinclair Holiday House ii. 25 Laura afterwards singed a hole in her muslin frock, while lighting one of the Vesta matches to seal these numerous notes. 1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria c. 62 §2 The following Duties of Customs shall be charged:..Lucifers, Vesta, of Wax, the 1,000 Matches, 0. 0. 0½. 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 326 Wax vestas, pipes, maccaroni, and candles. 1863 F. A. Abel in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 26 356 Varieties of wax or Vesta matches. 1864 G. L. M. Strauss et al. England's Workshops 233 The vesta boxes are put in parcels of half-a-dozen and one dozen. 1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xix Frost's trembling fingers had to strike one or two vestas. 1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 68 The major pulled a vesta-case from his pocket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387
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