hashish
/həˈʃiːʃ/ noun C2- The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
- A cannabis extract.
- Marijuana generally.
Plural hashishes
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He recalled his arrival on the island, his presentation to a smuggler chief, a subterranean palace full of splendor, an excellent supper, and a spoonful of hashish.
With it was effaced the last trace of the preceding night; and then supper, Sinbad, hashish, statues,—all became a dream for Franz.
He recounted, with circumstantial exactitude, all the particulars of the supper, the hashish, the statues, the dream, and how, at his awakening, there remained no proof or trace of all these events, save the small yacht, seen in the distant horizon driving under full sail toward Porto-Vecchio.
“I know—the famous hashish!”
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