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Definition of Hasheesh

1. Noun. Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen.

Definition of Hasheesh

1. n. A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.

Definition of Hasheesh

1. Noun. (rare) (alternative spelling of hashish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hasheesh

1. hashish [n -ES] - See also: hashish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hasheesh

Literary usage of Hasheesh

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

1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"I was in the power of the hasheesh influence. My first emotion was one of uncontrollable terror — a sense of getting something which I had not bargained for ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"hasheesh users usually degenerate morally, and for this reason, ... Insanity from hasheesh belongs to the toxic group and in many regards is similar to that ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"hasheesh users usually degenerate morally, and for this reason, ... Insanity from hasheesh belongs to the toxic group and in many regards is similar to that ..."

4. The Lands of the Saracen: Or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and by Bayard Taylor (1864)
"The use of hasheesh—which is a preparation of the dried leaves of the cannabis indica—has been familiar to the East for many centuries. ..."

5. Prose Writings of Bayard Taylor by Bayard Taylor (1862)
"The use of hasheesh—which is a preparation of the dried leaves of the cannabis indica—has been familiar to the East for many centuries. ..."

6. Oriental Harems and Scenery by Cristina Belgioioso (1862)
"I had often heard accounts of hasheesh and its consumers ; I had even tried the drug myself, but experienced only intolerable physical distress, ..."

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