From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Est \Est\, n. & adv.
East. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
-est \-est\ (-[e^]st). [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist,
Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -[=o]sts, Skr. -ish[.t]ha.]
A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and
adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.
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