bane
Roget category 663
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#663.
Bane
noun
bane,
curse —
evil
etc.
619 —
hurtfulness
etc.
(badness)
649† —
painfulness
etc.
(cause of pain)
830 —
scourge
etc.
(punishment)
975 —
damnosa hereditas [Lat.] —
white elephant.
sting,
fang,
thorn,
tang,
bramble,
brier,
nettle.
poison,
toxin —
teratogen —
leaven,
virus venom —
arsenic —
antimony,
tartar emetic —
strychnine,
nicotine —
miasma,
miasm†,
mephitis†,
malaria,
azote†,
sewer gas —
pest.
[poisonous substances, examples]
Albany hemp†,
arsenious oxide,
arsenious acid —
bichloride of mercury —
carbonic acid,
carbonic gas —
choke damp,
corrosive sublimate,
fire damp —
hydrocyanic acid,
cyanide,
Prussic acid,
hydrogen cyanide —
marsh gas,
nux vomica [Lat.],
ratsbane†.
[poisonous plants]
hemlock,
hellebore,
nightshade,
belladonna,
henbane,
aconite —
banewort†,
bhang,
ganja†,
hashish —
Upas tree.
[list of poisonous substances]
Toxline (online).
rust,
worm,
helminth [Med.],
moth,
moth and rust,
fungus,
mildew —
dry rot —
canker,
cankerworm —
cancer —
torpedo —
viper
etc.
(evil doer)
913 —
demon
etc.
980.
[Science of poisons]
toxicology.
adjective
baneful
etc.
(bad)
649 —
poisonous
etc.
(unwholesome)
657.
phr..
bibere venenum in auro [Lat.].
3.
Contingent Subservience
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