Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BANE
BANE, n. [Qu. the affinities. In Sax. bana, is a murderer; in Gr. φενω, is to kill; in L. venenum is poison; Fr. venin; Arm. benym or vinym.]
Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury or destruction; as, vice is the bane of society.
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