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- noun a short
match , made of wood or wax
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Examples
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My garmin vesta HCX and a ceramic water filter sold at cabelas for 39.00 0
Whats your favoret high-teck survival gear? What site or store can you get it at? Thanks. 2009
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My garmin vesta HCX and a ceramic water filter sold at cabelas for 39.00 0
Whats your favoret high-teck survival gear? What site or store can you get it at? Thanks. 2009
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Then he applied a vesta to the envelope that had Bertha Something-or-Other written across its face.
THE PROPER “GIRLIE” 2010
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As I browsed the antiques section of ebay, I stumbled upon a number of listings for small, rectangular silver items called “vesta cases”.
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They were carried predominantly by men in a waistcoat pocket or on a ‘double Albert’ chain, which held a pocket watch on one side and a vesta case on the other.
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The decline of the vesta case came during WWI, when soldiers found the petrol lighter lasted longer and was easy to refill – most important when the difference between life and death in the trenches could hinge upon a number of seconds.
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Some vesta cases even featured a strike side for lighting the match, and other versions could incorporate a small knife blade.
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As I browsed the antiques section of ebay, I stumbled upon a number of listings for small, rectangular silver items called “vesta cases”.
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Ei, ka tema on inimene, ta on laps, kellega ma sooviks koos maha istuda ja juttu vesta, ma tahaksin teada, mis on nende silmade taga.
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2007
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In another instant the speaker had struck a wax vesta, and holding it erect in his fingers he looked her in the face.
ErikJakubowski commented on the word vesta
How can I add a definition for vesta ?
March 9, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word vesta
The way I see it, ErikJakubowski, you have two options. The first is to add your definition here in the comment section. The second is to build a time machine, find Charles Sanders Peirce, and convince him to write a definiton for the Century Dictionary. (If you decide to go with the second option, I'd consider it a personal favor if you could get him to sneak the word hence into the definition.)
March 9, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word vesta
Hence which match matches.
March 9, 2012