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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HASHISH, or HASHEESH

HASHISH, or HASHEESH , the Arabic name, meaning literally " dried

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HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb," for the various preparations of the

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INDIAN

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HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp plant (Cannabis indica), used as a narcotic or intoxicant in the

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East, and either smoked, chewed or drunk (see HEMP and

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BHANG

BHANG) . From the Arabic hashishin, i.e . "hemp-eaters," comes the

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ENGLISH

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ASSASSIN (properly Hashish n, from Hashish, the opiate made from the juice of hemp leaves)

assassin " (see ASSASSIN) .

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