Hemp
[hemp] or [hɛmp]
Definition
(n.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.
(n.) The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
Editor: Nat
Definition
n. a plant with a fibrous bark used for cordage coarse cloth &c.: the fibrous rind prepared for spinning.—adj. Hemp′en made of hemp.—ns. Hemp′-nett′le a coarse bristly annual weed of the labiate family; Hemp′-palm a palm of China and Japan the fibre of the leaves of which is much employed for making cordage—hats cloaks and other garments are also made from it; Hemp′-seed Mrs Quickly's word for homicide (Shak. 2 Henry IV. II. i. 64).—adj. Hemp′y like hemp: roguish: romping.—n. (Scot.) a rogue.—Hempen collar and caudle (Shak.) the hangman's noose; Hempen widow the widow of a man who has been hanged.
Checker: Mara
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hemp, denotes you will be successful in all undertakings, especially large engagements. For a young woman to dream that some accident befalls her through cultivating hemp, foretells the fatal quarrel and separation from her friend.
Edited by Julius
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A plant from whose fibrous bark is made an article of neckwear which is frequently put on after public speaking in the open air and prevents the wearer from taking cold.
Checked by Laurie
Examples
- Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The central dots in the section are the conducting wires round which are the gutta percha and hemp, and the outer rim represents the iron wire casing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He is an ingenious fellow, too: he invented a machine for the cleaning of hemp--a really valuable affair; it's gone into use in several factories. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This combed out the matted tow of the hemp into clean, straight fiber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Among the fibers employed in rope making that of the hemp plant long held the supremacy, though in recent years it has been largely supplemented by other and stronger fibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The instrument used in spinning was a large wheel, turned by hand, and setting in motion a set of whirls or revolving spindles, which twisted the hemp by their motion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is fairly strong and has the advantage of being considerably lighter than hemp or Manila. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is the wire rope to consider, a kind of cordage now largely used in many industries, in which it has superseded hemp ropes and chains. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- American hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The string was, as usual, of hemp, except the lower end, which was silk. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Their nets were made of flax; they had as yet no knowledge of hemp and hempen rope. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This fine copper cord is covered carefully with gutta percha; it is then coated with tarred hemp, and is protected externally by an iron wire rope, composed of numerous strands of fine wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- There are various other fibers known under the name of hemp, the New Zealand, African, Java, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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