Part 894

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.</def>

<blockquote>Money, thou <b>bane</b> of bliss, and source of woe. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A disease in sheep, commonly termed the <i>rot</i>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.</syn>

<h1>Bane</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bane</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be the bane of; to ruin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Baneberry</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bane"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus <spn>(Act\'91a)</spn> of plants, of the order <i>Ranunculace\'91</i>, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.</def>

<h1>Baneful</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bane"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.</def> "<i>Baneful</i> hemlock." <i>Garth</i>. "<i>Baneful</i> wrath." <i>Chapman</i>.

-- <wordforms><wf>Bane"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> --<wf>Bane"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Banewort</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bane"wort</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Deadly nightshade.</def>

<h1>Bang</h1> <Xpage=116>

<hw>Bang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Banged</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Banging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Icel. <ets>banga</ets> to hammer; akin to Dan. <ets>banke</ets> to beat, Sw.<ets>b\'86ngas</ets> to be impetuous, G. <ets>bengel</ets> club, clapper of a bell.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.</def>

<blockquote>The desperate tempest hath so <b>banged</b> the Turks. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; <as>as, to <ex>bang</ex> a drum or a piano; to <ex>bang</ex> a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.</as></def>

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<hw>Bang</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; <as>as, the window blind <ex>banged</ex> and waked me; he was <ex>banging</ex> on the piano.</as></def>

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<hw>Bang</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.</def>

<blockquote>Many a stiff thwack, many a <b>bang</b>. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sound produced by a sudden concussion.</def>

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<hw>Bang</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).</def>

<blockquote>His hair <b>banged</b> even with his eyebrows. <i>The Century Mag.</i></blockquote>

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