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See Pester. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, infests.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow.

A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands.

See Mister, a trade.

One who molests.

A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.

Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.

in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

See Orchestra.

To pester exceedingly or excessively. Sir W. Raleigh.

To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. Dryden.

One who pesters or harasses.

The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. "The trouble and pesterment of children." B. Franklin.

Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome. [Obs.] Bacon.

Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.

A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]

The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. -- Pre*ster"nal, a.

Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt. [R.] Milton.

One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. Shak.