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語源

From Middle English, equivalent to hemp +‎ seed.

名詞

hempseed (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 hempseeds)

1. The seed of the hemp plant, used as high-protein food or fishing bait.
2. A gallows bird; a person hanged.

   Synonym: hempstretch

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Thou wot, wot thou? Thou wot, wot ta? Do, do, thou rogue. Do, thou hempseed.

Further reading

• Hemp § Food on Wikipedia.