bane sb. (1 the orig. sense; 2 cf. ‘ratsbane’; 3 obs.)
1.
cause of the death of another 2H6 V. i. 120,
Tit. V. iii. 73
“Lest Rome herself be
bane unto herself.”
2.
poison Meas. I. ii. 138.
3.
murder, destruction
Mac. V. iii. 59
“afraid of death and
bane,”
Ven. 372.
