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Intoxicating hemp extract
Answer for the clue "Intoxicating hemp extract ", 8 letters:
hasheesh
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Word definitions for hasheesh in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hasheesh \Hash"eesh\ Hashish \Hash"ish\ (h[a^]sh"[=e]sh), n. A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp ( Cannabis sativa ), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen [syn: hashish , haschisch , hash ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context rare English) (alternative spelling of hashish English) n. (context rare English) (alternative spelling of hashish English)
Usage examples of hasheesh.
A friend of mine took hasheesh once, and said Just as he fell asleep he had a dream,-- Though with his eyes wide open,-- And felt, or saw, or knew himself a part Of marvelous slowly-wreathing intricate patterns, Plane upon plane, depth upon coiling depth, Amazing leaves, folding one on another, Voluted grasses, twists and curves and spirals-- All of it darkly moving .
The glare of their black eyes was like those of Eastern eaters of hasheesh or opium, and they bounded to and fro as if their muscles were springs of steel.
I believe, with hasheesh, which makes a man see strange things --- and brought up on the bridge lookout where I could be watched and my ravings listened to and recorded, for the sole purpose of discrediting my threatened testimony in regard to the collision of the night before.
A small basin, whose contents resemble a dark plum-pudding full of seeds, contains a paste of the much-lauded hasheesh, the opiate of Morocco, which, though contraband, and strictly prohibited by Imperial decrees, is being freely purchased in small doses.
Ordinarily he was true to the derelict type -- ready to do anything for a nickel or a dose of whiskey or hasheesh -- but at rare intervals he shewed the traits which earned him his name.
This is not like any other known drug--not even the famous Cannabis indica, hasheesh.