Syn. -- Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
Bane, v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] Fuller.
Bane"ber`ry (&?;), n. (Bot.) A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.
Bane"ful (&?;), a. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. "Baneful hemlock." Garth. "Baneful wrath." Chapman.
-- Bane"ful*ly, adv. -- Bane"ful*ness, n.
Bane"wort (&?;), n. (Bot.) Deadly nightshade.
Bang (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banged; p. pr. & vb. n. Banging.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw. bångas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.] 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
Shak.
2. 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, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
Bang, v. i. To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.
Bang, n. 1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
Many a stiff thwack, many a bang.
Hudibras.