*yest*

n. (Zoöl.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidæ, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Eye agate. See under Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Yeast. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Yesterday. ] Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ An enemy ] whom yester sun beheld
Mustering her charms. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is now seldom used except in a few compounds; as, yesterday, yesternight, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. &yogh_;isterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. hyas) + dæg day. Cf. Hestern. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The day last past; the day next before the present. [ 1913 Webster ]

All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The evening of yesterday; the evening last past. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The morning of yesterday. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Yester. ] Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The last night; the night last past. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. gystran niht. See Yesterday. ] On the last night. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The noon of yesterday; the noon last past. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The week last past; last week. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The year last past; last year. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. [ R. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yestreen I did not know
How largely I could live. Bp. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]