hem

Definitions

1. 1.The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
2. 2.Border; edge; margin. "Hem of the sea." Shak.
3. 3.A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
4. 4.To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. Wordsworth.
5. 5.To border; to edge All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. Spenser. To hem about, around, or in, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. "With valiant squadrons round about to hem." Fairfax. "Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny." Daniel. -- To hem out, to shut out. "You can not hem me out of London." J. Webster.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling called?
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• What is a border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge called?
• What is to form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. Wordsworth called?