poisonwood

[POISON-SUMACH.] pois-on, *poyson, v . t . & i . [O. Fr. poisonner (Fr. empoisonner ), from Lat. potiono to give to drink, from potio (gen it. potion is )=a drink, a draught, a potion.] A. Transitive : 1. To infect with poison; to place poison in or (q. v.). upon; to add poison to. "Quivers and bows and poison'd darts." Roscommon. 2. To attack, injure, or kill by poison given; to administer poison to. "The drink! the drink! I am poisoned !" Shakesp.: Hamlet, v. 2. 3. To taint, to corrupt, to vitiate. "My springs of life were poison'd." Byron: Childe Harold , iii. 7. B. In trans.: To kill by poison; to act as a poison. *pois-on-a-ble, a. [Eng. poison ; -able .] 1. Capable of poisoning; poisonous, venomous. 2. Capable of being poisoned. pois-on-er, *poy-son-er, s . [Eng. poison; -er.] 1. One who poisons; one who kills by poison. (Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , i. 2.) 2. One who or that which poisons or corrupts. *pois-on-er-ě , s . [Eng. poisoner; -e .] A female poisoner. "Commanded the poisoner e e [A grip pin a) to be put to death."-Greneway: Tacitus; Annales, p. 183. *pois-on-full, a. [Eng. poison ; -full .] Full of *poison; poisonous, venomous. "The spider, a poison full vermine."-White: Sermons, p. 53. (1665.)