Definition of Hemps

1. Noun. (plural of hemp) ¹

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Definition of Hemps

1. hemp [n] - See also: hemp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemps

hemp agrimony
hemp family
hemp milk
hemp nettle
hemp tree
hemp willow
hempa
hempcrete
hempen
hempen necktie
hempie
hempier
hempies
hempiest
hemplike
hemps (current term)
hempseed
hempseeds
hempvine
hempvines
hempweed
hempweeds
hempy
hemrods
hems
hems and haws
hems in
hemstitch
hemstitched
hemstitcher

Literary usage of Hemps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fibrous Plants of India Fitted for Cordage, Clothing, and Paper: With an by John Forbes Royle (1855)
"... therefore greatly exceeding the imports, and hence probably including some brought by the Causeway. INDIAN hemps, OR THOSE so CALLED, AS SUNN, &c. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"That the question whether or not the dis crimination made by the said Act of August 30th, 1842, between the hemps of India and other unmanufactured hemp, ..."

3. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills (1922)
"hemps. There are various varieties of pure hemp all of which are obtained ... hemps are used for the smaller tarred ropes and twines for the reasen that ..."

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