n. [ L. pestis: cf. F. peste. ]
England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by
n. The system of education introduced by
v. t.
We are pestered with mice and rats. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
n. One who pesters or harasses. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. “The trouble and pesterment of children.” B. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pestiferous. “After long and pestful calms.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease. [ 1913 Webster ]