Synonyms:
hangman's_rope, hangman's_halter, halter, hemp, hempen_necktie
Meaning: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
Synonyms:
cannabis, hemp
Meaning: any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
Synonyms:
hemp
Meaning: a plant fiber
Usage examples
"Yes," he said, "it is Gunjab, the most powerful form of Hashish, the narcotic hemp of India.
Sea-folk held them at their true value, and esteemed the model a very sorry one, The rigging of the hooker was made of hemp, sometimes with wire inside, which was probably intended as a means, however unscientific, of obtaining indications, in the case of magnetic tension.
Mr. Hemp, of Portugal Street, proclaimed his name lately as a reverend outlaw; and he has been seen at various foreign watering-places; sometimes doing duty; sometimes 'coaching' a stray gentleman's son at Carlsruhe or Kissingen; sometimes--must we say it?--lurking about the roulette-tables with a tuft to his chin.