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单词 caudle of hempseed
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caudle of hempseed
b. colloquial or slang. In expressions referring humorously to death by hanging, as caudle of hempseed, hempen caudle. Cf. hempen adj. 1b. Obsolete.Hempseed was sometimes used as an ingredient in caudles (in sense a), as is seen from quot. 1542.
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rope-leap1611
cording1619
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topping1699
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suspension1909
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth sig. G.iiv Caudels made with hempe sede, and collesses made of shrympes doth comforte blode and nature.]
1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 17 He hath prooued you to haue deserued a cawdell of Hempseed, and a playster of neckweed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 87 Ye shall haue a hempen Caudle [printed Candle; corrected 1685] then, & the help of hatchet. View more context for this quotation
1649 Last Will & Test. R. Brandon 4 I..give and bequeath to all and every Member of Parliament a precious Receit called a Hempen Cawdle to cure them of any disease.
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