Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The seed of hemp. It is used as food for birds, and also yields an oil suitable for various purposes.
- noun [In the following passage hemp-seed is usually supposed to be an intended blunder for homicide.
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Examples
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Look, I hate the military-industrial complex as much as the next hemp-seed snacking, kombucha-brewing, raw-milk swigging real food revolutionary.
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The ring-dove found his hemp-seed, the chaffinch found his millet, the goldfinch found chickweed, the red-breast found worms, the green finch found flies, the fly found infusoriae, the bee found flowers.
Les Miserables 2008
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Look, I hate the military-industrial complex as much as the next hemp-seed snacking, kombucha-brewing, raw-milk swigging real food revolutionary.
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Look, I hate the military-industrial complex as much as the next hemp-seed snacking, kombucha-brewing, raw-milk swigging real food revolutionary.
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As far as the listeners could gather, the particular form of black-art to be practised on this occasion was one connected with the sowing of hemp-seed, a handful of which was carried by each girl.
The Woodlanders 2006
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You will be worse than the old woman who sells the honeycakes with hemp-seed oil you are so fond of. ''
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One goes out alone with a handful of hemp-seed, sows it across ridges of ploughed land, and harrows it with anything convenient, perhaps with a broom.
The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley
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"Hemp-seed, I saw thee, hemp-seed, I saw thee; and her that is to be my true love, come after me and draw thee."
The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley
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Cakes from the May Eve fire, hemp-seed and prophetic dreams from Midsummer, games and sports from Lugnasad have survived in varied forms.
The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley
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This spell still remains, as does that of hemp-seed sowing.
The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley
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