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Definitions: Hemlock |
HemlockNoun1. 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. 3. Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock. 4. An evergreen tree. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hemlock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references) |
Etymology: Hemlock \Hem"lock\, noun. [from Old English expression hemeluc, humloc, Anglo-Saxon hemlic, hymlic.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | 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. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Health | Any of several poisonous plants commonly called the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum and Cicuta major) and the water hemlock (Cicuta maculata). Conium maculatum is a large toxic umbelliferous plant herb, which contains the poisonous alkaloid coniine which affects the nervous system. The dried, fully grown, unripe fruit has sedative, anodyne, and antispasmodic effects. Cicuta maculata is also toxic. Its foliage contains a complex unsaturated alcohol that causes convulsions. The hemlock tree, genus Tsuga, unrelated to poison hemlock, is an evergreen coniferous tree of the pine family. (references) |
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Quite different from these is
Hemlock, Queen Anne's Lace, and Parsnip commonly grow in ditches in most temperate regions of the globe.
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Hemlock is a town located in Saginaw County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,585.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hemlock is a village located in Perry County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 142.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hemlock."
Synonyms: HemlockSynonyms: hemlock tree (n), poison hemlock (n), poison parsley (n), winter fern (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort, bhang, ganja, hashish; Upas tree. |
Punishment | Hara-kiri, seppuku; drinking the hemlock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hemlock |
| English words defined with "hemlock": black hemlock ♦ Canada pitch, Canadian hemlock, Carolina hemlock, Cicuta, Cicutoxin, Conhydrine, conima, Conine, Conium, Cowbane ♦ douglas hemlock, Dwarf hemlock ♦ eastern hemlock ♦ genus Cicuta, genus Conium, genus Tsuga, Ground hemlock ♦ Hard wood, Hemlock spruce, hemlock tree, hemlock water dropwort ♦ Kecksy ♦ lesser hemlock ♦ mountain hemlock, Musquash root ♦ Pacific hemlock, Poison hemlock ♦ spotted cowbane, spotted hemlock, spotted water hemlock ♦ Tsuga, Tsuga mertensiana ♦ water hemlock, west coast hemlock, western hemlock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hemlock": American hemlock ♦ Drinking Healths, Dying Sayings ♦ Insane Root. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "hemlock": Cicuta, Conium. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hemlock is it? (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Taste of Hemlock (1989) | |
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 | Exploring patch of poison hemlock in bloom (noxious weed) by river bank in Albuquerque Field Office jurisdiction, New Mexico.Credit: Eddy Williams. |  | Hemlock reproduction in the fog.Credit: Sheldon. |
 | Hemlock Gorge, Charles River, Newton, Mass.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Hemlock Limited, bound for the woods, Harbor Springs, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hemlock Lake.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Hemlock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.17% of the time. "Hemlock" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 79.17% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 20.83% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Hemlock Federal Finanical Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Hemlock, MI (CDP, FIPS 37600) 2. Hemlock, NY 3. Hemlock, OH (village, FIPS 34888) |
Expressions using "hemlock": American hemlock ♦ black hemlock ♦ Canadian hemlock ♦ Carolina hemlock ♦ douglas hemlock ♦ drinking the hemlock ♦ Dwarf hemlock ♦ eastern hemlock ♦ Ground hemlock ♦ hemlock fir ♦ hemlock spruce ♦ hemlock tree ♦ hemlock water dropwort ♦ lesser hemlock ♦ mountain hemlock ♦ Pacific hemlock ♦ poison hemlock ♦ spotted hemlock ♦ spotted water hemlock ♦ water hemlock ♦ west coast hemlock ♦ western hemlock. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "hemlock": water-hemlock. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hemlock | 201 |
hemlock society | 186 |
hemlock tree | 106 |
hemlock canadian | 62 |
hemlock poison | 48 |
farm hemlock | 30 |
western hemlock | 24 |
hemlock mi | 24 |
eastern hemlock | 23 |
hemlock weeping | 18 |
hemlock water | 18 |
hemlock ny | 14 |
camp hemlock | 12 |
hemlock overlook | 11 |
hemlock tavern | 10 |
hemlock hill rv | 9 |
hemlock picture tree | 9 |
hemlock plant | 9 |
hemlock mulch | 9 |
hall hemlock | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hemlock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kukutë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الشوكران نبات سام, شراب الشوكران. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | канадска ела, бучиниш. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '草名 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bolehlav. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hemlock, kanadisk tsuga (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hemlock, dolle kervel, Canadese hemlock (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sveniga cerefolio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شوکران(گ.ش.), شوکران کبیر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kanadanhemlokki (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tsuga du Canada (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce), tsuga (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce), sapin-ciguë, sapin hemlock, pruche de l'Est (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce), pruche (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce), Eastern hemlock (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce), ciguë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schierling, schierlingstanne (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κώνειο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bürök. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Hemlock, tsuga canadese (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce), cicuta, abete del Canad . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '人参 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どくに"じ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | emloge, aghaue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohawk | onen'ta'onwe (hemlock tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emlockhay hemistíquio, pinheiro hemlock, pinheiro do Canadá (American hemlock, Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, hemlock spruce, western hemlock). (various references) cucutã. (various references) болиголов. (various references) otrov (bane, poison, toxicant, toxin, venom), kukuta. (various references) cicuta (cicuta, poison hemlock), abeto hemlock. (various references) odört. (various references) พืชจำพวก Conium maculatum เป็นพืชมีพิษชนิ"หนึ่งใช้เป็นยาก"ประสาท. (various references) zehir (poison, venom), köknara benzer çam ağacı (hemlock fir, hemlock spruce), baldıranotu, ağu. (various references) болиголов. (various references) cegiden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cicuta. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Lalwn rhmata profaseiV yeudeiV diaqhsetai diaqhkhn anatelei wV agrwstiV krima epi cerson agrou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Loquimini verba visionis inutilis et ferietis foedus et germinabit quasi amaritudo iudicium super sulcos agri |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Speke ye wordis of vnprofitable visioun, and ye shuln make a couenaunt with lesyng; and dome shal buriowne as bitternesse on forowis of the feeld. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field. |
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| Language | Hosea Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Bulgarian | "оворят <I>празни </I> думи, Като се кълнат лъжливо, когато правят завети; За това, осъждението пониква като отровна плевел ' браздите на нивата. |
| Cebuano | Sila nagasulti sa mga pulong nga kawang, nga nanagpanumpa sa bakak sa paghimo ug mga pakigsaad: busa ang paghukom moturok maingon sa panyawan sa mga tudling sa gidarohan nga kapatagan. |
| Chinese | 他 們 為 立 約 說 謊 言 、 起 假 " 、 此 、 災 罰 如 苦 菜 滋 " 在 " " 的 犁 溝 中 。 |
| Croatian | Rijeèi prosiplju, lažno se kunu, sklapaju saveze; a pravo cvate k'o otrovno bilje u brazdama polja. |
| Danish | Med Ord slår de om sig, gør Mened og indgår Forbund, så Ret bliver Gifturt, der gror langs Markens Furer. |
| Dutch | Zij hebben woorden gesproken, valselijk zwerende in het verbond maken; daarom zal het oordeel als een vergiftig kruid groenen, op de voren der velden. |
| Finnish | He puheita pitävät, väärin vannovat, liittoja tekevät; mutta tuomio versoo kuin koiruoho pellon vaosta. |
| French | Ils prononcent des paroles vaines, des serments faux, Lorsqu`ils concluent une alliance: Aussi le châtiment germera, comme une plante vénéneuse Dans les sillons des champs. |
| German | Sie reden und schwören vergeblich und machen einen Bund, und solcher Rat grünt auf allen Furchen im Felde wie giftiges Kraut. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, tou sa se pale mete la. Y'ap fè sèman yo p'ap kenbe. Y'ap siyen kontra ki p'ap sèvi yo anyen. Nan tribinal, y'ap rann move jijman. Se tankou move zèb k'ap pouse nan yon jaden ou fèk pare. |
| Hungarian | Össze-vissza beszéltek; hamisan esküdtek; szövetséget kötöttek; de mint a bürök a mezõ barázdáin, úgy sarjadzik ki az ítélet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka membual dan membuat janji palsu serta mengikat perjanjian yang tidak berguna. Hukum diputarbalikkan sehingga ketidakadilan bertumbuh seperti tanaman beracun di ladang yang telah dicangkuli. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun sumpah mereka itu, ia itu perkataan angin adanya, dan perjanjian mereka itu bohong; keputusan hukum mereka itu seperti kecubung, yang tumbuh di ladang. |
| Italian | Dicono parole vane, giurano il falso, concludono alleanze: la giustizia fiorisce come cicuta nei solchi dei campi. |
| Korean | 희 가 헛 된 말 을 내 며 거 " 맹 세 를 발 하 여 언 약 을 세 우 니 그 재 판 이 밭 이 랑 에 돋 " 독 한 인 진 같 으 리 로 다 |
| Maori | E korero ana ratou i nga korero horihori, e oati teka ana i te mea e whakarite whakawa ana: na reira e rite ana te tupu o te whakawa ki to te hemoreke i nga moa o te mara. |
| Modern Greek | Ελαλησαν λογους, ομνυοντες ψευδως, ενω εκαμνον συνθηκην· οθεν η καταδικη θελει εκβλαστησει ως το κωνειον εν ταις αυλαξι του αγρου. |
| Norwegian | De har talt tomme ord, svoret falsk, inngått forbund, og retten skyter op som giftige urter på markens furer. |
| Portuguese | Falam palavras vãs; juram falsamente, fazendo pactos; por isso brota o juízo como erva peçonhenta nos sulcos dos campos. |
| Rumanian | Ei rostesc vorbe dewerte, jurqminte mincinoase, cknd kncheie un legqmknt: de aceea, pedeapsa va kncolyi ca o buruianq otrqvitoare din brazdele ckmpiei! |
| Spanish | Hablan sólo palabras; juran en vano y hacen contratos. Por tanto, el juicio brotará como hierba venenosa en los surcos de mis campos. |
| Swedish | De tala tomma ord, de svärja falska eder, de sluta förbund; men såsom en bitter planta skjuter domen upp ur markens fåror. |
| Thai | เขาพู"พล่อยๆ เขาทำพันธสัญญา"้วยคำปฏิญา"ลมๆแล้งๆ การพิพากษาจึงงอกงามขึ้นมาเหมือน"ีหมีอยู่ในร่องรอยไถที่ในทุ่งนา |
| Ukrainian | "оворять порожні слова, клянуться фальшиво, коли заповіта складають, і на грядках польових цвіте їхн" правосуддя, немов той полин. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hemlock": hemlocks. (additional references) | |
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"Hemlock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chelnock, hamlock, hemolock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hemlock" (pronounced he"mlÄ'k) |
| 3 | -l Ä' k | deadlock, flintlock, gridlock, hammerlock, Havelock, matchlock, oarlock, padlock, roadblock, Sherlock, Shylock, wedlock. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-k-l-m-o" | |
-2 letters: celom, chemo, choke, mohel. | |
-3 letters: coke, cole, come, echo, heck, helm, helo, hock, hoke, hole, holk, holm, home, koel, kohl, lech, loch, lock, mock, moke, mole, okeh. | |
-4 letters: cel, col, elk, elm, hem, hoe, lek, mel, mho, moc, mol, ohm, oke, ole. | |
-5 letters: eh, el, em, he, hm, ho, lo, me, mo, oe, oh, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-k-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: hemlocks. | |
+3 letters: hammerlock. | |
+4 letters: chucklesome, hammerlocks, hypokalemic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 6D 6C 6F 63 6B |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01101101 01101100 01101111 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e m l o c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 006D 006C 006F 0063 006B |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42717978816977 |
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