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Webster 1913 Edition
Bane
Bane
(bān)
, Noun.
[OE.
bane
destruction, AS. bana
murderer; akin to Icel. bani
death, murderer, OHG. bana
murder, bano
murderer, Goth. banja
stroke, wound, Gr. φονεύσ
murderer, φόνοσ
murder, OIr. bath
death, benim
I strike. √31.] 1.
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
[Obs. except in combination, as in rats
bane
, henbane
, etc.] 2.
Destruction; death.
[Obs.]
The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their
bane
. Milton.
3.
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Money, thou
bane
of bliss, and source of woe. Herbert.
4.
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the
rot
.
Syn. – Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
Bane
,Verb.
T.
To be the bane of; to ruin.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bane
BANE
, n.[Gr. is to kill; in L. venenum is poison.]Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury or destruction; as, vice is the bane of society.
BANE
,Verb.
T.