Bane

·noun Destruction; death.

II. Bane ·noun A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.

III. Bane ·noun Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.

IV. Bane ·vt To be the bane of; to Ruin.

V. Bane ·noun That which destroys life, ·esp. poison of a deadly quality.

Dog's-bane
·noun ·see <<Dogbane>>. ...

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Leopard's bane
·- A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia. ...

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Libbard's bane
·- Leopard's bane. ...

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dog's bane
(Apocynum androsæmifolium.) The common name of a shrub, which grows along the road-side and borders ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
flea-bane
(Erigeron Canadense.) One of the most hardy and common weeds. It propagates itself rapidly, and sinc...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
boke and bane
lusty and strong. N. and Y. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose