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Vinony

hemlock

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛmˌlɒk/

name

Etymology: All places are presumably named after the North American tree, which is non-poisonous.

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noun

Etymology: From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”), of uncertain origin. speculative etymology Compare Old English hymele (“hop-vine, hops”), Old English humele (“bryony, widerton, hair moss, gold-hair, morning glory”), Danish and Swedish humle (“hops”), Icelandic humall (“hops”). Perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *háwHmah (“ephedra; juice”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press out, extract”). ;cognates * (from Sarmato-Scythian *haumala) Ossetian хумӕллӕг (xumællæg, “hops”) * (from Sarmato-Scythian *hauma) Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma), Baluchi [script needed] (hum), Persian هوم (hôm)) * (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma) Sanskrit सोम (soma)) More at suck.

  1. Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

    “Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”

    “In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock. In the eighteenth century hemlock was used for treating cancer, syphilis, and ulcers.”

  2. Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera
  3. Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
  4. Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.

    “The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.”