Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vesta \Ves"ta\, n. [L. Vesta, akin to Gr. ? Vesta, ? the hearth
   of the house, and perhaps to Skr. ush to burn (see East), or
   perhaps to Skr. vas to dwell, and E. was.]
   1. (Rom. Myth.) 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. (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by
      Olbers in 1807.

   3. A wax friction match. --Simmonds.

Source : WordNet®

Vesta
     n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
          flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
          Hestia
     2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered