banes

Sunday in the parish crutch, if my own ars may be trusted, the clerk called the banes of marridge betwixt Opaniah Lashmeheygo, and

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

“Come, come, d — n your squeezing, Jack; my banes are a’ sair already with your nonsense I declare.”

Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829

Before the actual day came, a town-crier was sent round the city to proclaim the "banes" or banns. [

"Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Anonymous 1902

One of the banes of insomniacs is clock watching -- looking at the clock throughout the night.

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Is Intermezzo the Answer to Middle-of-the-Night Insomnia? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

One of the banes of insomniacs is clock watching -- looking at the clock throughout the night.

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Is Intermezzo the Answer to Middle-of-the-Night Insomnia? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

I lean toward the latter because that terminal point coincides with the onset of disco, one of the greatest ever banes of American culture and music.

A Progressive on the Prairie » Midweek Music Moment: I’m still a teenager » Print 2010

I lean toward the latter because that terminal point coincides with the onset of disco, one of the greatest ever banes of American culture and music.

Midweek Music Moment: I’m still a teenager « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010

We know from observation that stupidity is one of the great banes of humanity, killing and empoverishing many many human beings.

Bears Kill Colorado Woman Who Fed Them 2009

Not as deadly as some of the "banes" or related nightshades, this is still not a plant to tinker with: it contains a potent cocktail of alkaloids that disrupt the senses.

Country diary: Elton, Cambridgeshire 2011

One of the banes of insomniacs is clock watching -- looking at the clock throughout the night.

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Is Intermezzo the Answer to Middle-of-the-Night Insomnia? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011