hempseed
nounEtymology From Middle English, equivalent to hemp + seed.
1
The seed of the hemp plant, used as high-protein food or fishing bait.
2
A gallows bird; a person hanged.
- Thou wot, wot thou? Thou wot, wot ta? Do, do, thou rogue. Do, thou hempseed.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]: