Vesta

1. (n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.

2. (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.

3. (n.) A wax friction match.

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