-est

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Est \Est\, n. & adv.
     East. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  EST
       Eastern Standard Time [-0500] (TZ, EDT, USA)