| 单词 | fimble hemp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfimble hemp 1. The male plant of hemp, producing a weaker and shorter fibre than the carl hemp n. or female plant. Formerly also the fibre of this as prepared for use. Also more fully, fimble hemp. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > hemp plant > male fimble1484 summer hemp1588 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > hemp > types of fimble hemp1484 carl hemp?1523 henequen1555 steel hemp1604 Rusband1633 Riga rhine1639 Russia hemp1663 pass-hemp1742 chucking1785 Manila1826 sisal1827 sisal hemp1828 moorva1855 outshot1858 pass1858 carl doddie1868 outshots1880 1484–6 Churchwardens' Accts. Wigtoft, Lincs. in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 78 Paide for femble, and for makyng that [read thar] of in bell-ropes, 1s. 5d. 1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 415 Tenn dosen femle hempe vijl. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 39v The Female or fyrble Hempe. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 277 Gather the Fimble, or earliest Hemp and Flax. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 118 The light Summer-hemp, that bears no Seed, is called Fimble hemp. 1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at Cannabis The Fimble-Hemp..is the Male Plants. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 48 The fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. The carl or male hemp was used for ropes, sackcloth, and other coarse manufactures; the fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes. fimble hemp It is a dioecious plant, of which the female is more vigorous and long-lived than the male, whence the sexes were popularly mistaken, and the female called carl hemp or winter hemp, the male fimble hemp (i.e. female), barren hemp, or summer hemp: see carl hemp n. and fimble n.1extracted from hempn.< as lemmas |
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