† steel hemp Obs.
[First element uncertain: possibly steal n.1]
? = carl hemp.
| a 1618 Rates of Merchandizes H 3, Hempe vocat. Cullen and Steele Hemp. 1657 Acts of Interregn. (1911) II. 1211 Hemp called Cullen and Steel Hemp, and all other sorts of drest Hemp. 1666 Merrett Pinax 19 Cannabis mas, male or steel hemp. 1667 Pat. Office 155, 1 Ordering, workeing and makeing ‘Certayne sort of Hempe called Steele Hempe.’ |