PLAGUE
NOUNS
► BAD YELLOW the plague → 1856 Eng. dial.
► CANACIN ► CANAKIN ► CANNIKIN the plague → 1673 obs.
► GARGET a distemper, plague → 1615
► MALISON the plague, the devil → 1898 Sc.
► MANQUALM plague, pestilence → a900 obs.
► MURRAIN infectious disease, plague; an epidemic of such a disease; a plague → a1387 arch.
► ONFALL an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity; an assault, on onset → c1000 obs. exc. Sc.
► TOKEN a spot on the body indicating disease, esp. the plague → 1634 obs.
VERBS
► BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass → 1600
► CADDYPILLER ► CATERPILLAR ► CATTERPILLAR to plague, to torment; to make helpless → 1790 Eng. dial.
► DUN to pester or plague a person with something unpleasant, esp. repeated arguments or unwanted comments; to assail constantly → 1659
► FETCHEL to plague, to tease, to provoke → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARVEAL to drive a person hard at work, to harass, to fatigue; to vex, to plague → 1768 Sc. obs.
► URBISH to plague, to tease, to harass → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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