HEMP
NOUNS
► GALLOW-GRASS hemp → M16 sl.
► PANTAGRUELION a humorous name given to hemp, as the source of the hangman’s rope → 1857
NOUNS – PERSON
► HACKLER a person employed to hackle flex or hemp; a flax or hemp dresser → 1649 hist.
► HATCHELLER a flax or hemp dresser; a hackler → c1450
► HECKLER a person employed to hackle flax or hemp; a flax or hemp dresser → 1297 hist.
► HECKLESTER a dresser of flax or hemp: originally female → 1480 obs.
► HEMP-BEATER a person employed in beating the rotted stems of hemp, so as to detach the fibre → 1615
► HEMP-DRESSER one who hackles hemp → a1658
► HEMP-HATCHELER a hemp-dresser → 1724
► HEMP-HECKLER a hemp-dresser; one who hackles hemp; a flax-dresser → 1725
► HEMPSTER anyone involved in the business of retailing hemp → 2002 UK sl.
► HICKLER a dresser of flax or hemp → 1895 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HITCHELER a hemp-dresser → 1895 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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