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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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