hempe

English

Noun

hempe (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hemp
    • 1663 March 9 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 27th, 1662–1663”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume IV, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1894, →OCLC, pages 57–58:
      Great, good company at dinner, among others Sir Martin Noell, who told us the dispute between him, as farmer of the Additional Duty, and the East India Company, whether callicos be linnen or no; which he says it is, having been ever esteemed so: they say it is made of cotton woole, and grows upon trees, not like flax or hempe.

Middle English

Noun

hempe

  1. Alternative form of hemp

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hemp.

Noun

hempe

  1. shirt

Sotho

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hemp.

Noun

hempe class 9/10 (plural dihempe)

  1. shirt

Tswana

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hemp.

Noun

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hempe (plural dihempe)

  1. shirt
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