hemp
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- appearance
- dusky, dark
- characteristic
- dusky, dark fellow
- description
- A natural fiber historically used for making whale-lines, known for its durability but superseded by Manilla rope in American fisheries.
- physical_properties
- less durable than Manilla
- status
- superseded by Manilla rope
- use
- material for whale-lines
Relationships
- referenced_byManilla
- context
- supersedes
- source
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- source_text
- entirely superseded hemp as a material for whale-lines; for, though not so durable as hemp, it is stronger, and far more soft and elastic; and I will add (since there is an æsthetics in all things), is much more handsome and becoming to the boat, than hemp. Hemp is a dusky, dark fellow, a sort of Indian; but Manilla is as a golden-haired Circassian to behold
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:02:06.154Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- was_used_forWhale-line
- description
- Hemp was the material originally used for whale-lines in the fishery.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- The line originally used in the fishery was of the best hemp
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:15.460Z
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk