hashish

[ hash-eesh, -ish, ha-sheesh, hah- ]
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noun
  1. the flowering tops and leaves of the hemp plant, smoked, chewed, or drunk as a narcotic and intoxicant.

  2. the dried resinous exudate of the flowering tops of the hemp plant, containing more of the psychoactive ingredient THC than is found in marijuana.: Compare kief (def. 1a).

Origin of hashish

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Arabic hashīsh, literally, “dry vegetation” (e.g., hay)
  • Also hash·eesh [hah-sheesh, hah-sheesh]. /ˈhɑ ʃiʃ, hɑˈʃiʃ/.

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How to use hashish in a sentence

  • That everybody knows who knows him now, and that we all felt who knew him earlier in the days of the Hasheesh Club.

    Duffels | Edward Eggleston
  • He gave a dinner, and there was such a time as the Hasheesh Club never saw before nor since.

    Duffels | Edward Eggleston
  • At first Prudence had made him forget everything but herself; she was a kind of hasheesh to him.

    Friendship and Folly | Maria Louise Pool
  • Hasheesh always brings an awakening of perception which magnifies the smallest sensation.

    An English Grammar | W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
  • If religion or sentiment or custom shuts out alcohol, then it will be opium or hasheesh.

    Here and Hereafter | Barry Pain

British Dictionary definitions for hashish

hashish

hasheesh (ˈhæʃiːʃ)

/ (ˈhæʃiːʃ, -ɪʃ) /


noun
  1. a purified resinous extract of the dried flower tops of the female hemp plant, used as a hallucinogenic: See also cannabis

  2. any hallucinogenic substance prepared from this resin

Origin of hashish

1
C16: from Arabic hashīsh hemp, dried herbage

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