- pest house
- A building for the detention and care of persons inflicted with communicable disease.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
pest house
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Pest House — bezeichnet mehrere gleichnamige, im NRHP gelistete, Objekte: Pest House (Massachusetts), ID Nr. 77000174 Pest House (Minnesota), ID Nr. 80000408 Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter … Deutsch Wikipedia
pest|house — «PEHST HOWS», noun. a hospital for persons ill with very contagious diseases … Useful english dictionary
Pest house — In the past, a pest house or pesthouse was a hospital or hostel used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, or smallpox. Often used for forcible quarantine, many towns and cities had one or more pesthouses … Wikipedia
Pest House — Infobox nrhp | name =Pest House nrhp type = caption = location= Concord, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 26 lat seconds = 51 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 21 long seconds = 38 long direction = W locmapin =… … Wikipedia
pest-house — n. Lazar house, hospital, lazaretto … New dictionary of synonyms
pest-house — noun historical a hospital for those with infectious diseases, especially the plague … English new terms dictionary
pest-house — … Useful english dictionary
House — (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard}, {Husband},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
House ant — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
House boat — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
