hemlock

hemlock
    n 1: 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 [syn: {hemlock}, {poison hemlock},
       {poison parsley}, {California fern}, {Nebraska fern}, {winter
       fern}, {Conium maculatum}]
    3: soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the
       western hemlock
    4: an evergreen tree [syn: {hemlock}, {hemlock tree}]
    

Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
   hymlic.]
   1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
      having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
      {Cicuta maculata}, {Cicuta bulbifera}, and {Cicuta
      virosa}, and the {Conium maculatum}. See {Conium}.
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   Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
         some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta
         virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium
         maculatum}.
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   2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies
      Canadensis} or {Tsuga Canadensis}); hemlock spruce.
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            The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
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   3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
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   {Ground hemlock}, or {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.
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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.
    

Hemlock, MI (CDP, FIPS 37600)
  Location: 43.41575 N, 84.23159 W
  Population (1990): 1601 (619 housing units)
  Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 48626
Hemlock, NY
  Zip code(s): 14466
Hemlock, OH (village, FIPS 34888)
  Location: 39.58894 N, 82.15534 W
  Population (1990): 203 (85 housing units)
  Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 43730
    

Hemlock, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    142
   Housing Units (2000): 58
   Land area (2000):     0.379433 sq. miles (0.982728 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.379433 sq. miles (0.982728 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            34888
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             39.591447 N, 82.156365 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     43730
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hemlock, OH
    Hemlock
    

Hemlock, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
   Population (2000):    1585
   Housing Units (2000): 650
   Land area (2000):     2.539578 sq. miles (6.577476 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.539578 sq. miles (6.577476 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            37600
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             43.413113 N, 84.231513 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     48626
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Hemlock, MI
    Hemlock
    

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "hemlock":
      beheading, belladonna, burning, capital punishment,
      castor-oil plant, crucifixion, deadly nightshade, death camas,
      decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, ergot,
      execution, foxglove, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, henbane,
      horsetail, jimsonweed, judicial murder, lapidation, mayapple,
      mescal bean, monkshood, necktie party, poison ivy, poison parsley,
      poison sumac, poisoning, pokeweed, shooting, stoning, strangling,
      strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows,
      the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope