ratsbane

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ratsbane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From rat's +‎ bane. Compare henbane.

Noun

ratsbane (countable and uncountable, plural ratsbanes)

Rat poison; white arsenic.

References

ratsbane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Braatens, ant bears, ant-bears, antbears, tabernas

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