hempen caudle (Shakespeare)

The hangman's noose

hemp /hemp/

1. A plant (Cannabis sativa), classified by some as belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae, but by many now placed in a separate family, Cannabinaceae, yielding a coarse fibre, a narcotic drug, and an oil
2. The fibre itself
3. The drug
4. A similar fibre derived from various other plants (eg Manila, sisal, sunn hemp)

hempˈen adjective

1. Made of hemp
2. Relating to the hangman's noose or hanging (archaic)

hempˈy adjective

1. Like hemp
2. Roguish
3. Romping

1. A rogue
2. A romp
3. A tomboy

hemp agrimony noun

A composite plant (Eupatorium cannabinum) with hemp-like leaves

hempen caudle see under caudle

hempen widow noun

The widow of a man who has been hanged

hempˈ-nettle noun

A coarse bristly labiate weed (genus Galeopsis)

hempˈ-palm noun

A palmetto (yielding fibre)

hempˈseed noun

1. The oil-yielding seed of hemp, a bird's food
2. Gallows-bird (Shakespeare)