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Alternative spellings
hasheesh
Pronunciation
IPA|/hæ��i��/ or /'hæ�ı�/
Etymology
From Arab..
Noun
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- The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
#*1855: Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
#*:Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashish," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
#*1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins
#*:You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
Related terms
hash
Translations
trans-top|dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
German: Haschisch n, abbr. Hasch n
Persian: FAchar|ØØ´Û�Ø´ (hashish)
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Romanian: ha�i� n
Spanish: hachÃs m
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Category:Recreational drugs
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