*bane*

n. [ OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s murderer, fo`nos 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 ratsbane, henbane, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destruction; death. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. “Baneful hemlock.” Garth. “Baneful wrath.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --Bane"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Deadly nightshade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. Apocynaceous. ] (Bot.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Dogbane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hen + bane. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inurbanus. See In- not, and Urbane. ] Uncivil; unpolished; rude. Opposite of urbane. M. Arnold. -- In`ur*bane"ly, adv. -- In`ur*bane"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as Doronicum acaule syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn. -- leopard's-bane, leopard's bane. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

false" leop`ard*bane n. Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of North America and the oriental false leopardbane (Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum). [PJC]

pos>n. (Bot.) A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana (Arnica acaulis syn. Doronicum acaule), Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.
Syn. -- leopardbane, leopard's-bane. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

pos>n. Leopard's bane. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Nitrobenzene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rat + bane. ] Rat poison; white arsenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Poisoned by ratsbane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a turban. “ A malignant and a turbaned Turk.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Urban. ] Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant. [ 1913 Webster ]