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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pest  \Pest\,  n.  [L.  pestis:  cf  F.  peste.] 
  1.  A  fatal  epidemic  disease;  a  pestilence;  specif.,  the 
  plague. 
 
  England's  sufferings  by  that  scourge,  the  pest. 
  --Cowper. 
 
  2.  Anything  which  resembles  a  pest;  one  who  or  that  which 
  is  troublesome,  noxious,  mischievous,  or  destructive;  a 
  nuisance.  ``A  pest  and  public  enemy.''  --South. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pest 
  n  :  a  persistently  annoying  person  [syn:  {blighter},  {cuss},  {pesterer}, 
  {gadfly}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  PEST 
  Parameter  Estimation  by  Sequential  Testing 
 
 




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