quarantine¹ /kworˈən-tēn/

1. A time (orig for a ship forty days) of compulsory isolation or detention to prevent spread of contagion or infection
2. Isolation or detention for such a purpose
3. The place where the time is spent
4. Any period of enforced isolation
5. A period of forty days (obsolete law)

To subject to quarantine

quarantine flag noun

A yellow flag displayed by a ship in quarantine, with a black spot if there is contagious disease on board

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