Noah Webster
Bane
BANE, noun [Gr. is to kill; in Latin 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 transitive To poison.
BANE, noun [Gr. is to kill; in Latin 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 transitive To poison.