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Webster 1913 Edition
Baleful
1.
Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
“Baleful enemies.” Shak.
Four infernal rivers that disgorge
Into the burning lake their
Into the burning lake their
baleful
streams. Milton.
2.
Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Baleful
BA'LEFUL
, a.[See Bale.] Woeful; sad; sorrowful; full of grief; producing misery; as, a baleful smart; baleful eyes.2.
Mischievous; destructive; pernicious; calamitous; deadly; as, baleful enemies; baleful war.