Found 1 hit - Term: plague mark, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
plague \plague\, n. l. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. l. plangere to strike, beat. cf.
plaint.
1. that which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --shak.
1913 webster
and men blasphemed god for the plague of hail.
--wyclif.
1913 webster
the different plague of each calamity. --shak.
1913 webster
2. med. an acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in egypt, syria, and turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great london
plague. "a plague upon the people fell." --tennyson.
1913 webster
cattle plague. see rinderpest.
plague mark, plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
1913 webster
see also:
plaint cattle plague rinderpest plague mark plague spot
Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about plague mark: Check Mark
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Check Mark, definition of term: Check Mark
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Deutsche Mark, definition of term: Deutsche Mark
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Bubonic Plague, definition of term: Bubonic Plague
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Black Plague, definition of term: Black Plague
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Bench Mark, definition of term: Bench Mark
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