Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
2. Degree of Subservience

663. Bane.

   NOUN:BANE, curse, hereditary evil, thorn in the flesh; bête noir [F.], bugbear; evil [See Evil]; hurtfulness (badness) [See Badness]; painfulness (cause of pain) [See Painfulness]; scourge (punishment) [See Scourge]; damnosa hereditas [L.]; white elephant.
  rust, worm, helminth, moth, “moth and rust” [Bible], fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; viper (evildoer) [See Evildoer]; demon [See Evil Spirits].
  STING, fang, thorn, tang [dial. Eng.], bramble, brier or br ar, nettle.
  POISON, leaven, virus, venom; arsenic, Prussic acid, antimony, tartar emetic, strychnine, tannin or tannic acid, nicotine; miasma or miasm, effluvium, mephitis, stench; fetor [See Fetor]; malaria, azote [rare], nitrogen, coal gas, illuminating gas, natural gas, gas, poison gas, mustard gas, chlorine, tear gas, lachrymose gas; sewer gas; pest.
  Albany hemp, arsenious -oxide, – acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, – gas; choke damp, black damp, fire damp, afterdamp, marsh gas, methane; cyanide of potassium, carbolic acid, corrosive sublimate; hydrocyanic acid, hydrocyanide; nux vomica, ratsbane.
  toxicant, intoxicant, deliriant, delirifacient, hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, deadly nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort, opium, bhang [India], ganja [India], hemp, cannabin, hashish; Upas tree.
  [SCIENCE OF POISONS] toxicology.
   ADJECTIVE:BANEFUL (bad) [See Badness]; poisonous (unwholesome) [See Insalubrity].
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Bibere venenum in auro.
2. My bane and antidote are both before me.—Addison
3. This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips.—Macbeth
die
4. Like a poisoned rat in a hole.—Swift