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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {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 tree}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

















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