Hypertext Webster Gateway: "est"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-est \-est\ [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr,
-str, Goth. -ists, -?sts, Skr. -ish?ha.]
A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and
adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Est \Est\, n. & adv.
East. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
EST
n : standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich,
reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United
States [syn: {Eastern Time}, {Eastern Standard Time}, {EST}]
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