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Charras :: Charras (n.) The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus.

Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.

Hurds :: Hurds (n.) The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.

Hashish :: Hashish (n.) A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja..

Harl :: Harl (n.) A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp..

Scutch :: Scutch (n.) A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.

Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel..

Hemp :: Hemp (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..

Hatchel :: Hatchel (n.) An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle..

Agrimony :: Agrimony (n.) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens)..

Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.

Neckweed :: Neckweed (n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.

Madjoun :: Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos.

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Datiscin :: Datiscin (n.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).

Tew :: Tew (v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw..

Sarplier :: Sarplier (n.) A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc..

Sida :: Sida (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax..

Hempy :: Hempy (a.) Like hemp.

Carl :: Carl (n.) Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.

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