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

quarrender, quarender /kworˈən-dər/, quarantine /-ən-tin/, quarenden /-dən/ or quarrington /-ing-tən/ (SW Eng)

A kind of early-ripening red apple

• yellowed
• yellower
• yellowest
• yellow-eyed grass
• yellow-eyed grasses
• yellow fever
• yellow fevers
• yellowfin
• yellowfins
• yellow flag
• yellow flags
• yellow-girl
• yellowhammer
• yellowhammers
• yellowhead
• yellowheads
• yellowier
• yellowiest
• yellowing
• yellowish
• yellowishness
• yellowishnesses
• yellow jack
• yellow jacket
• yellow jackets