A variant or dialect form of 'hemlock' or a dialectal term for a small wooden implement used in textile work.
From Old English or dialectal Germanic roots, possibly related to 'hamble' or 'hemp'; used primarily in regional British and Scandinavian contexts.
This word is so rare that it's essentially a ghost word in English—it appears in some historical texts but has almost completely disappeared from modern usage!
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