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haschisch

haschisch is the archaic spelling of hashish.

Meaning of hashish

Noun

hashish (usually uncountable, plural hashishes)

  1. (usually) The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
    • 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.1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 44
  2. (usually) A cannabis extract.
  3. (slang, usually) Marijuana generally.

Questions about haschisch

What is haschisch the archaic spelling of?
Haschisch is the archaic spelling of hashish.

Words near haschisch in the dictionary

  1. Hasbrouck Heights
  2. Hasbroucks
  3. Hasbury
  4. Hascall
  5. Hascalls
  6. haschisch
  7. Hasday
  8. Hasdays
  9. Hasdrubal
  10. hase
  11. Haseena

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