quarantine vessel

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• quarantine — [kwôr′ən tēn, kwär′ən tēn΄] n. [It quarantina, lit., space of forty days < quaranta, forty < L quadraginta < base of quattuor,FOUR] 1. a) the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease …   English World dictionary

• 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Quarantine flag — 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Quarantine — For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation) Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. The word comes from the Italian (seventeenth century… …   Wikipedia

• quarantine station — A building provided for the care of persons held under quarantine. The position of a vessel in quarantine. See pesthouse; quarantine …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• quarantine — A period of time during which a vessel, coming from a place where a contagious or infectious disease is prevalent, is detained by authority in the harbor of her port of destination, or at a station near it, without being permitted to land or to… …   Black's law dictionary

• quarantine flag — yellow flag flown when a vessel requests pratique; letter Q or Quebec in the international signal code …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

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