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Hashish vs Hashshashin - What's the difference?

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hashish

English

Alternative forms

* hasheesh

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
  • * 1855 , Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah , Dover 1964, p. 44:
  • 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.
  • * 1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins
  • You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
  • A cannabis extract (See ).
  • (slang) marijuana generally.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    hashshashin

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A religious group who used hashish to create mystic visions; they later became associated with the assassination of invading Christian leaders during the Crusades; their descendants are the Khojas.
  • Derived terms

    * assassin