Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUAR'AN-TINE
QUAR'AN-TINE, v.t.
To prohibit from intercourse with a city or its inhabitants; to compel to remain at a distance from shore for forty days, or for other limited period, on account of real or supposed infection; applied to ships, or to persons and goods.
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