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quarantine |
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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