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

Either to take the half of it with her blessing, or the whole of it with her malison.

From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson

With eyes glistening like witch-fires, did the dame bestow her malison.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

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

When the sentence was pronounced, the session of the court was adjourned, and the bishops, as they were guarded back to the castle, heard many a malison from the multitude who were ravenous against them.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John