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Hempen

//ˈhɛmpən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of hemp dated, not-comparable

    "In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About his neck an hempen rope he weares, / That with his gliſtring armes does ill agree;"

  2. 2
    Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment. not-comparable

    "[…] but rid himself also of the companionship of this ruffianly Sir Crispin, to whom no doubt a hempen justice would be meted."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German hanfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.

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