hashish

Definition

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

Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).

Example Sentences

• "Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much."
• "You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?"