01 n. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
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A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.“England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest.” — Cowper.
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2.
Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.