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Definition of Hashish

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

Definition of Hashish

1. Noun. The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) marijuana generally. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hashish

1. a mild narcotic [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Hashish

1. A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), 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, ganja. Origin: Ar. Hashish. (06 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Hashish

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"Dr. Madden's description of his feelings under the influence of opium exactly corresponds to the effect of a dose of hashish just insufficient to produce ..."

2. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"hashish is a form of marijuana that is also called "hash. ... Another form of hashish is hash oil. Ml. Have you ever, even once, used marijuana or hashish? ..."

3. Abnormal Man: Being Essays on Education and Crime and Related Subjects, with by Arthur MacDonald (1893)
"493. hashish cater. Putnam, 8, p. 233. hashish eater, Confessions of a French. Once a Week, 18, ... Kane, HH hashish house in New York. Harper, 67, p. 944. ..."

4. Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families by Vickie Kropenske, Judy Howard (1995)
"hashish hashish and hashish oil are other forms of cannabis. hashish is a compressed form of the resinous secretions of the flowering parts of the plant. ..."

5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"hashish. See HEMP. HASLAM, JOHN, a British physician and writer on insanity, born in Edinburgh in 1763, died in London in July, ..."

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