Definitions for ratsbane

ratsbane rats·bane

Spelling: [rats-beyn]
IPA: /ˈrætsˌbeɪn/

Ratsbane is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 387 anagrams from letters in ratsbane (aabenrst).

Definitions for ratsbane

noun

  1. rat poison.
  2. the trioxide of arsenic.

Origin of ratsbane

First recorded in 1515-25; rat + 's1 + bane

Examples for ratsbane

Doolittle is a rat, and I will hire somebody to give him ratsbane.

If his wife and children are not to be made over, he is not to wear a dagger and ratsbane in his pockets.

Did I think he was so weak as bite holes in his flesh with ratsbane?

If his Lordship had sent me an infusion of ratsbane in the loving-cup, I should have taken it much more kindly at his hands.

It is the double-distilled extract of nux vomica, ratsbane, and adder's tongue.

If he wears a dagger and ratsbane, it must be to do mischief to himself or somebody else.

Mrs. Smith's doctor tells her if she wants poison she had better get ratsbane, and then she will know what she is swallowing.

I counselled him either to give or take an ounce of ratsbane, to cure his mind.

Word Value for ratsbane
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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