The Only Use of
bane
in
The Scarlet Letter
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- But this long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely and archaically, "bane" references a poison -- often in combination with a plant name such as Wolfsbane.