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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quarantine  \Quar"an*tine\,  n.  [F.  quarantaine,  OF  quaranteine, 
  fr  F.  quarante  forty,  L.  quadraginta  akin  to  quattuor  four 
  and  E.  four:  cf  It  quarantina,  quarentine.  See  {Four},  and 
  cf  {Quadragesima}.] 
  1.  A  space  of  forty  days;  --  used  of  Lent. 
 
  2.  Specifically,  the  term,  originally  of  forty  days,  during 
  which  a  ship  arriving  in  port,  and  suspected  of  being 
  infected  a  malignant  contagious  disease,  is  obliged  to 
  forbear  all  intercourse  with  the  shore;  hence  such 
  restraint  or  inhibition  of  intercourse;  also  the  place 
  where  infected  or  prohibited  vessels  are  stationed. 
 
  Note:  Quarantine  is  now  applied  also  to  any  forced  stoppage 
  of  travel  or  communication  on  account  of  malignant 
  contagious  disease,  on  land  as  well  as  by  sea. 
 
  3.  (Eng.  Law)  The  period  of  forty  days  during  which  the  widow 
  had  the  privilege  of  remaining  in  the  mansion  house  of 
  which  her  husband  died  seized. 
 
  {Quarantine  flag},  a  yellow  flag  hoisted  at  the  fore  of  a 
  vessel  or  hung  from  a  building,  to  give  warning  of  an 
  infectious  disease;  --  called  also  the  {yellow  jack},  and 
  {yellow  flag}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quarantine  \Quar`an*tine"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Quarantined}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Quarantining}.] 
  To  compel  to  remain  at  a  distance,  or  in  a  given  place 
  without  intercourse,  when  suspected  of  having  contagious 
  disease;  to  put  under  or  in  quarantine. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quarantine 
  n  1:  enforced  isolation  to  prevent  spread  of  disease 
  2:  isolation  to  prevent  the  spread  of  infectious  disease 
  v  :  place  into  quarantine,  as  for  medical  reasons;  "My  dog  was 
  quarantined  before  he  could  live  in  England" 




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