[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 

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