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hempen

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hemp·en  (hmpn)
adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling hemp.
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Adj.1.hempen - having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
fibrous
tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
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It is this decapitated end of the head, also, which is at last elevated out of the water, and retained in that position by the enormous cutting tackles, whose hempen combinations, on one side, make quite a wilderness of ropes in that quarter.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
The network that supported the car was made of very strong hempen cord, and the two valves were the object of the most minute and careful attention, as the rudder of a ship would be.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
To leave family, home, and all the cares of worldly welfare, in order without clinging to anything to wander in hempen rags from place to place under an assumed name, doing no one any harm but praying for all- for those who drive one away as well as for those who protect one: higher than that life and truth there is no life or truth
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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