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

St Martin's malison light on ye—fire, billets, and all—I've seen nothing like to warm my bare nose and knuckles since we left Halton, two long days agone.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

His heart was warm, his pride was up;25 Sweet Willie kentna fear; But yet his mither's malison Ay sounded in his ear.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

I apologised to Glasgow, inwardly confounding the eminent Scotch littérateur who had assured me that Glasgow was the most loathsome den north of Tweed, almost the only such den,—his malison upon Glasgow!

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

So he was in luck; but he had yet to learn that a mother's malison is sure to bring misfortune some time or another.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur