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Correct spelling: quarantine
Definition of quarantine:
Time during which an infected ship is forbidden intercourse with the shore; place of detention of an infected ship or persons.
Common misspellings:
- quarentine (34%)
- quarintine (20%)
- quaranteen (10%)
- quaratine (10%)
- qurantine (7%)
- quarenteen (5%)
- quranatine (2%)
- quarinteen (1%)
- quarrantine (1%)
Examples of usage:
1) The regulations governing the movement of cattle from below the quarantine line are made yearly by the Secretary of Agriculture, and they define the boundary of infected districts. - "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle", U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler.2) A Federal quarantine was declared by the Secretary of Agriculture on November 27, 1902, as soon as the nature of the disease was established, and steps for eradication were at once taken by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with authorities of the affected States. - "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle", U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler.
