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Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. [An enemy] whom yester sun beheld Mustering her charms. Dryden.

The day last past; the day next before the present. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9.

The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.

The morning of yesterday. Coleridge.

Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

The last night; the night last past.

The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

The week last past; last week.

The year last past; last year.

s, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke. For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper. I have a large arrear of letters to write. J. D. Forbes. In arrear or In arrears, behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.

gainst; to meet; to encounter. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. Shak.

Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

kled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

t so that. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26. But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson.

A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See Yester, a. Ld. Lytton.

Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday. [R.] Thackeray.

thin a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.

The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.

To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.