BANE

Cooley's Cyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information · 1880 · p. 12

Poison; anything deleterious or destructive; a word often found joined to another, in the popular and vulgar names of plants and disease, to denote their character; as BANE′-BERRY , the herb Christopher; BANE′-WORT , deadly-nightshade; SHEEP’S BANE , the rot; .