(n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity;
any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
(n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in
Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of
Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great
London plague.
(v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural
evil of any kind.
(v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
