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   Pest (?), n. [L. pestis: cf. F. peste.]
   1. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
   
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   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. “A pest and public enemy.”  South.
   
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