Definition of Hempy

1. a. Like hemp.

Definition of Hempy

1. Adjective. Like hemp. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hempy

1. mischievous [adj HEMPIER, HEMPIEST] - See also: mischievous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hempy

hempcrete
hempen
hempen necktie
hempie
hempier
hempies
hempiest
hemplike
hemps
hempseed
hempseeds
hempvine
hempvines
hempweed
hempweeds
hempy (current term)
hemrods
hems
hems and haws
hems in
hemstitch
hemstitched
hemstitcher
hemstitchers
hemstitches
hemstitching
hemuse
hemusite
hen
hen's-foot

Literary usage of Hempy

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

1. The Encyclopaedia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"In hempy v. Ransom, 33 Ohio St. 312, it was held that, in an action against two defendants to recover a sum of money alleged to be due from them on account, ..."

2. The cruise of the Midge by Michael Scott (1842)
"... and standing on his hind legs, between the trams, in a vain attempt to get free from the cart that was dragging him down the stream, but auld hempy had ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"hempy, s. 1. A rogue; one for whom the hemp grows ; SV Gl. Rams. ... hempy thrang Gat o'er him wi' a (udder. Christmas Baling, Skinner'i ..."

4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"hempy, ». 1. A rogue ; one for whom the lump grows, S. ./. .Vim?. 2. ... hempy, HEMP», adj. Roguish ; riotous; romping, 8. Skinner. Tola of My Landlord. ..."

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