Bane

n. [A-S. bana, destruction, benn, wound, Icel. bani, death, murderer, ben, a deadly wound, O. H. Ger. bana, murder, bano, murderer, Goth. banga, stroke, wound, Gr. φονεύω, to slay, φονεύς, murderer, Ir. bana, death, beannaim, I strike.]

1Sense 1. Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury, or destruction.

Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. Herbert.

2Sense 2. Ruin; destruction.

The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane. Milton.

3Sense 3. A disease in sheep, more commonly termed the rot. Farm. Encyc.

Synonyms—Pest; ruin; destruction; injury.