hashish
the flowering tops and leaves of the hemp plant, smoked, chewed, or drunk as a narcotic and intoxicant.
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- 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 EgglestonHe gave a dinner, and there was such a time as the Hasheesh Club never saw before nor since.
Duffels | Edward EgglestonAt first Prudence had made him forget everything but herself; she was a kind of hasheesh to him.
Friendship and Folly | Maria Louise PoolHasheesh always brings an awakening of perception which magnifies the smallest sensation.
An English Grammar | W. M. Baskervill and J. W. SewellIf 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
hasheesh (ˈhæʃiːʃ)
/ (ˈhæʃiːʃ, -ɪʃ) /
a purified resinous extract of the dried flower tops of the female hemp plant, used as a hallucinogenic: See also cannabis
any hallucinogenic substance prepared from this resin
Origin of hashish
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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