hemlock

5 definitions found

hemlock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
     hymlic.]
     1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
        having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
        Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and Cicuta  virosa
        , and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.
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     Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
           some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa
           , or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum
           .
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     2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies  Canadensis
         or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce.
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              The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
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     3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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     Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.
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hemlock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hemlock
      n 1: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus
           Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking
           hemlock"
      2: large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa
         and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves
         and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts
         extremely poisonous [syn: hemlock, poison hemlock,
         poison parsley, California fern, Nebraska fern, winter   fern
         , Conium maculatum]
      3: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the
         western hemlock
      4: an evergreen tree [syn: hemlock, hemlock tree]

hemlock - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Hemlock
  (1.) Heb. rosh (Hos. 10:4; rendered "gall" in Deut. 29:18;
  32:32; Ps. 69:21; Jer. 9:15; 23:15; "poison," Job 20:16;
  "venom," Deut. 32:33). "Rosh is the name of some poisonous plant
  which grows quickly and luxuriantly; of a bitter taste, and
  therefore coupled with wormwood (Deut. 29:18; Lam. 3:19). Hence
  it would seem to be not the hemlock cicuta, nor the colocynth or
  wild gourd, nor lolium darnel, but the poppy so called from its
  heads" (Gesenius, Lex.).
  
    (2.) Heb. la'anah, generally rendered "wormwood" (q.v.), Deut.
  29:18, Text 17; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15. Once it is rendered
  "hemlock" (Amos 6:12; R.V., "wormwood"). This Hebrew word is
  from a root meaning "to curse," hence the accursed.

hemlock - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Hemlock, MI (CDP, FIPS 37600)
    Location: 43.41575 N, 84.23159 W
    Population (1990): 1601 (619 housing units)
    Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 48626
  Hemlock, NY
    Zip code(s): 14466
  Hemlock, OH (village, FIPS 34888)
    Location: 39.58894 N, 82.15534 W
    Population (1990): 203 (85 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 43730

hemlock - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hemlock":
     beheading, belladonna, burning, capital punishment,
     castor-oil plant, crucifixion, deadly nightshade, death camas,
     decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, ergot,
     execution, foxglove, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, henbane,
     horsetail, jimsonweed, judicial murder, lapidation, mayapple,
     mescal bean, monkshood, necktie party, poison ivy, poison parsley,
     poison sumac, poisoning, pokeweed, shooting, stoning, strangling,
     strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows,
     the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope