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Meanings of hempen in English

Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute.

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Usage of hempen in English
1
Janko reached over to take the hempen bridle and then he paused.
The Laughing Prince: Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales
2
The circus newspaper mail was ready tagged in a hempen sack.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
3
I have seen the hempen cord by which he shall hang.
The Black Douglas
4
Fifty or sixty yards of strong hempen line were attached to the plate.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
5
A plunge was heard, and the hempen cable flew quickly out.
The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresha...
6
Nicolas asked, as he passed over a small coil of stout hempen cord.
The Young Engineers in Mexico; Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers
7
A cracked wooden begging bowl and belt of hempen rope completed her garb.
A Dance with Dragons
8
And whether there should not be great premiums for encouraging our hempen trade?
The Querist / Containing Several Queries Proposed to the Conside...
9
Why did he cast its inseverable hempen cords about his throat and limbs?
Atlantis
10
There was one thread of silk woven into the coarse hempen nature of Cadet.
The Golden Dog
11
There is an all-pervading odour of tar and hempen rope.
The Far Horizon
12
So a man may like flowers, and be but a hempen dog after all!
Eugene Aram — Volume 05
13
Herodotus speaks of the hempen robes of the Thracians as equal to linen in fineness.
The Spinners
14
At last the hempen rope was almost worn out.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
15
One bedstedyll of hempen yarn, by estimation 20 lbs.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)
16
She was making sacks out of coarse hempen stuff.
The Witch, and Other Stories
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