hemp

/hɛmp/ noun B2

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia. (countable, uncountable)
Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis. (countable, uncountable)
The gallows. (countable, slang, uncountable)

Plural hemps

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Then the foolish criminal is taken, imprisoned, interrogated, confronted, confounded, condemned, and cut off by hemp or steel; or if she be a woman of any consideration, they lock her up for life.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 526 · C1

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