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hempen
[hem-puhn]
adjective
of, like, or pertaining to hemp.
made of hemp.
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Fire in the hole booty hempen halter tackle chantey swab furl.
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They brought forth the King-Beyond-the-Wall with his hands bound by hempen rope and a noose around his neck.
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Flowers weren’t available at sea and so the koumbaros, a guy named Pelos serving as best man, switched the king’s hempen crown to the queen’s head, the queen’s to the king’s, and back again.
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A robe of undyed wool belted with a hempen rope marked him far one of the begging brothers.
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Our best bower anchor, with its great twenty-inch hempen cable, was carried out towards the centre of the harbour, the tail of the cable remaining on board.
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