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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