malison
Example Sentences
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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taking a reproach where none was meant, he sprang up with a self-aimed malison upon his lack of care for me, stirred the fire alive and brewed me a most delicious-smelling cup of broth.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
Back he drave them, rank on rank,Routed, with psalm, and malison, and ban,As from a sling flung forth.
From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey
He got his mother's malison the day he was married.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The mother puts her malison, or curse, upon him, but he rides off.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
