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Garment finishing method
garment styles. Common types of hems include: Double-folded hem Overlocked and folded hem Rolled hem Bias tape hem Blind hem Hems of different depths (which
Hem
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hem is a sewn edge of cloth. Hem or HEM may also refer to: Eugene A. Hem (1933–2006), American politician
Hem_(disambiguation)
Hem (Vietnamese: Hẻm) or Ngo (Vietnamese: Ngõ) are the terms used to describe narrow streets branching off of main roads in Vietnam. Hem are characterized
Hẻm
Swedish lifestyle magazine
Hem Ljuva Hem ("Home Sweet Home") is a lifestyle magazine published in Stockholm, Sweden. Hem Ljuva Hem was started in 1999. The magazine is part of the
Hem_Ljuva_Hem
Topics referred to by the same term
Hems may refer to: HEMS, HEMS Onsite Tai Chi Qigong Classes Air Ambulance – HEMS: Helicopter Emergency Medical Service EMS – HEMS: Home Energy Management
Hems
Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835)
Sally Hemings, whose given name may have been Sarah, (c. 1773 – 1835) was an enslaved woman, inherited among many others by the third President of the
Sally_Hemings
Cambodian actress (1937–2023)
Hem (née Hem-Reun) was born in Cambodia to Hem Chiam Reun, a chief commissioner, and Hem Dak Peay. She was the second oldest of eleven children. Hem was
Narie_Hem
Swedish gardening magazine
Hem Ljuva Hem Trädgård (meaning Home Sweet Home Garden in English) is a magazine published in Sweden. The first issue of the magazine was published in
Hem_Ljuva_Hem_Trädgård
Frilled hem invented by Stephen Burrows
lettuce hem is a frilled hem invented by Stephen Burrows. The hem was popular in the disco era for how it added movement to a garment. The lettuce hem is named
Lettuce_hem
Surname list
Hemings is a surname, and may refer to: American slavery Hemings family Elizabeth "Betty" Hemings (1735–1807), enslaved American Sally Hemings (1773–1835)
Hemings
American freed slave (1805–1877)
Madison Hemings (January 19, 1805 – November 28, 1877) was the son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. He was the third of Sally Hemings's four children
Madison_Hemings
Decorative drawn-thread stitch used to embellish hems and seams
Hemstitch or hem-stitch is a decorative drawn thread work or openwork hand-sewing technique for embellishing the hem of clothing or household linens.
Hemstitch
Surname list
Look up hemmer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hemmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bill Hemmer (born 1964), American television
Hemmer
British model (born 1976)
Emma Frances Heming Willis (née Heming; born June 18, 1976) is a British-American model, actress and businesswoman. Emma Frances Heming was born on June
Emma_Heming_Willis
Swedish television series
Hem till Midgård ("Home to Midgard") is a Swedish sit-com which ran on TV4 in Sweden during 2003. The name is a pun of the classic Swedish TV-series Hem
Hem_till_Midgård
Metalworking Process
to flatten the hem. There are two types of hemmed edges: closed hems and open hems. Closed hems are completely flush while open hems have an air pocket
Hemming_and_seaming
American musical group
Hem is a musical group from Brooklyn, New York. Band members include Sally Ellyson (vocals), Dan Messé (piano, accordion, glockenspiel), Gary Maurer (guitar
Hem_(band)
Higher education institution in Morocco
The HEM Business School (المعهد العالي للتدبير, abbreviated as HEM) is a Moroccan private higher education institution specializing in management. It was
HEM_Business_School
Australian singer and guitarist (born 1996)
Luke Robert Hemmings (born 16 July 1996) is an Australian singer and musician, best known for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and a founding
Luke_Hemmings
Indian politician and writer
Hem Barua was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from Assam. Born on 22 April 1915, at Tezpur, Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from Calcutta University
Hem_Barua
Topics referred to by the same term
Heming may refer to: Heming (company), a British jewellery company founded in 1745 Héming, a commune in Lorraine, France IL Heming, a Norwegian sports
Heming
Thai artist and writer (1904–1969)
Mom Luang Hem Vejakorn (Thai: เหม เวชกร; RTGS: Hem Wetchakon; January 17, 1904, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok – April 16, 1969, Thon Buri, Bangkok) was a Thai artist
Hem_Vejakorn
District of Stoke-on-Trent, England
Hem Heath is a district of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is just south of the Bet365 Stadium, which was built on the former Hem Heath Colliery
Hem_Heath
Topics referred to by the same term
Hemming may refer to: King Hemming (d. 812), King of Denmark Hemming Halfdansson (d. 837), Danish Viking Hemming (count in Frisia), 9th-century Danish
Hemming
Village in North Holland, Netherlands
Hem (West Frisian: Him) (population estimate: 1230) is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the
Hem,_Netherlands
Automotive manufacturing technique
Hemming is a technology used in the automotive industry to join inner and outer closure panels together (hoods, doors, tailgates, etc.). It is the process
Automotive_hemming
Norwegian sport wrestler
Tore Hem (born 12 November 1944) is a retired Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in three Summer Olympics. He was born in Oslo, and represented the
Tore_Hem
Interior design magazine in Sweden
Sköna hem (Swedish: Beautiful home) is an interior design magazine which has been published since 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the magazines
Sköna_hem
Indian politician (1966–2026)
Hem Singh Bhadana (1966 – 2 February 2026) was an Indian politician who served as a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing the Thanagazi
Hem_Singh_Bhadana
Sikh temple in Uttarakhand, India
Hemkund is approximately 15,000 feet. Hemkund is a Sanskrit name derived from Hem ("Snow") and Kund ("bowl"). The Dasam Granth says that in a former life,
Gurdwara_Hemkund_Sahib
Swedish telecommunications brand
Com Hem was a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB which supplied Triple Play services that included cable television, broadband internet and fixed-line telephone
Com_Hem
Cambodian swimmer
Hem Raksmey (born September 6, 1983) is a Cambodian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and breaststroke events. She represented Cambodia
Hem_Raksmey
Surname list
Hemmings is a surname, and may refer to: Anita Florence Hemmings (1872–1960), African American librarian from Boston David Hemmings (1941–2003), British
Hemmings
English actor and director (1941–2003)
David Leslie Edward Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor, director, and producer of film and television. Originally trained
David_Hemmings
Style of skirt with an asymmetric hem
Handkerchief skirts are skirts with asymmetric hems, created from fabric panels that are cut diagonally along the bias grain of the fabric, creating different
Handkerchief_skirt
Cambodian politician
Hem Khorn (Khmer: ហែម ខន) is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Kampong Speu Province in
Hem_Khorn
Finnish ice hockey player (born 2008)
Oscar Hemming (born 13 August 2008) is a Finnish college ice hockey forward for the Boston College Eagles. He was drafted 14th overall by the Columbus
Oscar_Hemming
Church in Vestfold, Norway
Hem Church (Norwegian: Hem kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village
Hem_Church
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Hem (French pronunciation: [ɛm]; Dutch: Ham) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located near the city of Roubaix. Hem is one
Hem,_Nord
Cambodian marathon runner
Hem Bunting (Khmer: ហែម ប៊ុនទីង, born December 12, 1985) is a Cambodian marathoner. Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung
Hem_Bunting
Cambodian swimmer
Hem Kiry (born April 11, 1980) is a Cambodian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and
Hem_Kiry
Indian independence activist
Hem Barua (25 April 1893 – 11 August 1945) was an Indian independence activist, social worker and writer from Sonitpur district of the Indian state of
Hem_Barua_(Tyagbir)
Cambodian swimmer (1976–2020)
16 March 2020. Hem Lumphat at World Aquatics Hem Lumphat at SwimRankings.net Hem Lumphat at Olympics.com Hem Lumphat at Olympedia Hem Lumphat at InterSportStats
Hem_Lumphat
Cambodian economist and politician
Vanndy Hem (born October 25, 1979) is a Cambodian government minister. He is the current Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, serving
Vanndy_Hem
1995 painting by Ellen Gallagher
Delirious Hem is a 1995 painting by Ellen Gallagher. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York, New York in the
Delirious_Hem
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Hem-Lenglet is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv
Hem-Lenglet
Hem Chieu (Khmer: ហែម ចៀវ; 1898 - 1943) was a Cambodian Buddhist monk and a prominent figure in the development of Khmer nationalism. Chieu was a professor
Hem_Chieu
1991 studio album by Kikki Danielsson
Vägen hem till dej is a 1991 studio album from Swedish pop and country singer Kikki Danielsson. Kikki Danielsson, vocals Peter Ljung, keyboard Lasse Wellander
Vägen_hem_till_dej
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Hemer (German pronunciation: [ˈheːmɐ] ) is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hemer is located at the north
Hemer
1996 studio album by Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna
Hem till Norden ("Home to the Nordics") is a 1996 studio album from Kikki Danielsson & Roosarna. It was nominated for a Grammis in 1996 "Hem till Norden"
Hem_till_Norden
Cambodian diplomat
Hem Heng (Khmer: ហែម ហេង; born 8 November 1951) is a Cambodian diplomat who was the Cambodian ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2015. Prior
Hem_Heng
Olympic swimmer
Hem Thon Ponleu (born 26 January 1990) is a Cambodian freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. His niece Hem
Hem_Thon_Ponleu
American television news anchor (born 1964)
William G. Hemmer (born November 14, 1964) is an American journalist, currently the co-anchor of America's Newsroom on the Fox News Channel, based in New
Bill_Hemmer
Enslaved American and chef
James Hemings (c. 1765–1801) was the first American to train as a chef in France [citation needed]. Three-quarters white in ancestry, he was born into
James_Hemings
Style of skirts and dresses
skirt is a skirt that is fitted at the hips and gradually widens towards the hem, giving the impression of the shape of a capital letter A. The term is also
A-line_(clothing)
Dutch lawyer and map and landscape print collector (1621-1678)
Laurens van der Hem (1621–1678), was a Dutch lawyer and a collector of maps and landscape prints. He is known today for commissioning his meticulously
Laurens_van_der_Hem
Comic book character
Hellboy into an embrace of his own "destiny", with the assistance of Sadu-Hem, one of the 369 spawn of the Ogdru Jahad. Controlled by the spirit of one
Hellboy
Motivational business fable written by Spencer Johnson
already depleted. He returns to Cheese Station C and tells Hem there is other Cheese, but Hem refuses to budge. Haw continues exploring, writing observations
Who_Moved_My_Cheese?
Indian cricketer (born 2000)
Hem Chetri (born 23 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 13 January 2021, for Nagaland in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali
Hem_Chetri
Village in Larvik, Norway
Hem is a village in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is in the far eastern part of the municipality, along the border with Sandefjord
Hem,_Norway
Hema Saraswati was amongst the earliest known Assamese writers, most known for his poem, Prahlada Charita, the earliest known poetic work in Assamese language
Hema_Saraswati
Cambodian swimmer (born 1999)
Puch Hem (born 3 May 1999) is a Cambodian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics. "Puch Hem". Olympedia. Retrieved
Puch_Hem
2005 video game
complex, but their extraction is interrupted by Zhang Li's daughter, Mai Hem, who kills Jack before Joanna escapes in a hovercraft. Joanna and Chandra
Perfect_Dark_Zero
Skirt with an asymmetrical hem
skirts, are skirts with a hem that is higher in the front, or side, than in the back. The high-low skirt has a full circle hem. However, the length varies
High-low_skirt
English-based creole language of Vanuatu
negative, "not" hem i no wantem yam he doesn't want yam nomo + V: "no longer" (when placed after the predicate; elsewhere it means "only") hem i nomo kakae
Bislama
Ex-IGP, Nepal
Hem Bahadur Singh (Nepali:हेम बहादुर सिंह) was a retired chief of the Nepal Police. He was the last I.G.P. to wear the "Khaki" uniform. It was during
Hem_Bahadur_Singh
Indian General, Wazir and King (1501–1556)
Hemu (/ˈheɪˌmuː/; also known as Hemu Vikramaditya and Hemchandra Vikramaditya; died 5 November 1556) was an Indian emperor who previously served as a general
Hemu
Indian historian (1892–1957)
Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri (Bengali: হেম চন্দ্র রায়চৌধুরী; 8 April 1892 – 4 May 1957) was an Indian historian, known for his studies on ancient India.
Hem_Chandra_Raychaudhuri
Hand or machine stitch type
worked inside the hem, 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 inch (3.2 to 6.4 mm) away from the edge of the hem fabric. A sewing machine can also create a blind hem. In this case,
Blind_stitch
Narrow, straight skirt
skirt is a slim-fitting skirt with a straight, narrow cut. Generally the hem falls to, or is just below, the knee and is tailored for a close fit. It
Pencil_skirt
Hem-Behag is a late night (samay) raga in North Indian classical music that was composed by Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan. Hem-Behag has principal roots in
Hem_Bihag
Tyagbir Hem Baruah College is an institution for higher education located in Jamugurihat under Sonitpur district of Assam, India. The college was established
Tyagbir_Hem_Baruah_College
Swedish musician (1932–2024)
Ingrid Fujiko (also Fuzjko) von Georgii-Hemming (a.k.a. Fujiko Hemming) (イングリット・フジコ・ヘミング; Japanese name: Ōtsuki Fujiko (大月フジコ)) (5 December 1932 – 21 April
Ingrid_Fuzjko_Hemming
2006 studio album by Anna Stadling & Idde Schultz
Vägar hem is a 2006 studio album by Anna Stadling & Idde Schultz. On the album, they perform less famous Swedish pop/rock songs from the 1970s and 1980s
Vägar_hem
Category of speech including interrupted utterances or filler words
A speech disfluency, also spelled speech dysfluency, is any of various breaks, irregularities, or non-lexical vocables which occur within the flow of otherwise
Speech_disfluency
Commune in Normandy, France
des Capucins. 1789 – Thomas Jefferson, his family, and Sally and James Hemings stop at Vernon on their way to Le Havre to return to America. 1804 – Vernonnet
Vernon,_Eure
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Recques-sur-Hem (French pronunciation: [ʁɛk syʁ ɛm] , lit. 'Recques on Hem'; West Flemish: Rekke aan de Hem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department
Recques-sur-Hem
Indian entomologist
Hem Singh Pruthi (23 February 1897 – 23 December 1969) was an Indian entomologist who served as Imperial Entomologist, being the first native Indian in
Hem_Singh_Pruthi
2009 studio album by E.M.D.
Välkommen hem is the second studio album released by Swedish boy band E.M.D. It marks their first release of material sung in Swedish. The album was released
Välkommen_hem
British colonial administrator and cricketer
Sir Augustus William Lawson Hemming GCMG (2 September 1841 – 27 March 1907) was a British colonial administrator, who served as governor of a number of
Augustus_Hemming
Village in Denmark
Hem is a village, with a population of 590 (1 January 2026), in Skive Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark. It is situated on the Salling peninsula
Hem,_Denmark
Species of conifer tree
as a Christmas tree. Its lumber is a softwood, and it is harvested as a hem fir. It is used in paper-making, as well as construction for framing and
Abies_grandis
1971 Swedish TV series or program
Hem till byn (English: Home to the village), written by Bengt Bratt (born 1937), is Sweden's longest-running TV series and one of its most popular. It
Hem_till_byn
Device for use with a long skirt
suspender, hem-holder, page or porte-jupe, was a device for lifting a long skirt to avoid dirt or to facilitate movement. It clamped on to the hem and was
Skirt_lifter
Swedish magazine (1908–1977)
Hem i Sverige (Swedish: Home in Sweden) was a magazine which existed in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1908 and 1977. The content of the magazine significantly
Hem_i_Sverige
Indian mask-making artist
Hem Chandra Goswami (born March 1, 1958) is an Indian mask-making artist from Assam's Majuli district. He received the India’s fourth-highest civilian
Hem_Chandra_Goswami_(artist)
Daughter of Thomas Jefferson (1801-died after 1822)
Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – after 1822) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, in the
Harriet_Hemings
Belgian painter
Louise de Hem (1866–1922) was a Belgian painter. She grew up in Ypres, Belgium. Her talent was discovered by Théodore Ceriez (1831–1904), a painter who
Louise_De_Hem
Commune in Grand Est, France
Héming (French pronunciation: [emɛ̃]; German: Heming) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Communes of the Moselle
Héming
Indian writer and social reformer
Hemchandra Barua (Hêmsôndrô Bôruwa), also known as Hem Barua was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the 19th century. He hailed from Dergaon
Hemchandra_Barua
Finnish ice hockey player (born 2006)
Emil Hemming (born 27 June 2006) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Emil_Hemming
Construction element
IPN, and HE profiles, which are further broken down into HEA, HEB, and HEM. The primary difference between these profiles is the geometry of their flanges
I-beam
Nepalese politician
Hem Karna Poudel (Nepali: हेम कर्ण पौडेल) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to Nepali Congress Party. Poudel is the current mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan
Hem_Karna_Paudel
Type of skirt with a narrow hem
A hobble skirt was a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer's stride. It was called a "hobble skirt" because it hobbled the
Hobble_skirt
First black student to attend Vassar College
Anita Florence Hemmings (June 8, 1872 – 1960) was known as the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College. With both European and African
Anita_Florence_Hemmings
Dictionary first published in 1900
Hemkosh (Assamese: হেমকোষ, IPA: [hɛmkʊx]) is the first etymological dictionary of the Assamese language based on Sanskrit spellings, compiled by Hemchandra
Hemkosh
Edge of knitted fabric that is parallel to the rows of stitches
A hem in knitting is the edge of a piece of knitted fabric that is parallel to the rows of stitches, as compared to a selvage, which is perpendicular
Hem_(knitting)
Piece of fabric
tight-fitting clothing. Gussets were used at the shoulders, underarms, and hems of traditional shirts and chemises made of rectangular lengths of linen to
Gusset
Mother of Sally Hemings
Elizabeth Hemings (c. 1735 – 1807) was an enslaved woman of mixed ethnicity in colonial Virginia. With her enslaver, planter John Wayles, it is claimed
Betty_Hemings
Bengali police officer
Rai Bahadur Hem Chandra Bose (1867-1949) was an Indian police officer and mathematician at the Calcutta Anthropometric Bureau (later the Fingerprint Bureau)
Hem_Chandra_Bose
HEM
HEM
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant spelling of Hemming.
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse hamr, HEMMING means "shape." The name may have originated as a byname for a "shape-shifter" or "werewolf."
Boy/Male
Indian
Hemansu
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Early Winter; Born in the Hemant Season
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Hemming.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hem means gold
Boy/Male
Indian
From Hemakuta.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places in North Yorkshire called Helmsley. The names are of different etymologies: the one near Rievaulx Abbey is from the Old English personal name Helm + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, whereas Upper Helmsley, near York, is from the Old English personal name Hemele + Old English ēg ‘island’, and had the form Hemelsey till at least the 14th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places so called, most of which were originally named with Old English hÄmstede or hÇ£mstede ‘homestead’. One Hempstead in Norfolk derives its name from Old English hænep ‘hemp’ + stede ‘place’, while Hempsted in Gloucestershire was originally ‘high homestead’ (Old English hÄ“ah + hÄmstede).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : reduced form of Hemphill.German : variant of Hempel, or in some instances probably an Americanized spelling of the same name.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands), Scottish, and Swedish
English (chiefly West Midlands), Scottish, and Swedish : from the Old Norse personal name Hemingr, of uncertain origin, apparently related to hemingr ‘skin on the hind legs of an animal’.German (Frisian) : patronymic from Hemme 1.French : habitational name from Heming in Moselle.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hemaansh = a part of gold
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hemingway.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Hemsworth in West Yorkshire, named from an unattested Old English personal name, Hymel, + worð ‘enclosure’.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Hem means gold
Female
Greek
(ΗμÎÏα) Greek name HEMERA means "day." In mythology, this is the name of a primeval goddess of day, the daughter of Erebos and Nyx, and sister-wife of Aither.
Female
Egyptian
, the mother of Rameses III.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hemingway.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Hemaansh = a part of gold
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Petemet.
HEM
HEM
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Gaelic, Irish
Son of Fhionnlaoich; White Warrior; Learned Ruler
Boy/Male
Tamil
Light
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
From Thor's Meadow
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Greek
Defender of man.
Girl/Female
Greek
Founded the cult of Aphrodite.
Boy/Male
Muslim
A narrator of Hadith had this name
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English score ‘steep place’ (Old English scoru), or a habitational name from Score in Ilfracombe or Scur Farm in Braunton, Devon.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Wife of Lord Shiva
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Chanan, CANAN means "compassionate, merciful." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including a chief of the tribe of Benjamin.Â
HEM
HEM
HEM
HEM
HEM
n.
See Hematophilia.
a.
Like hemp.
a.
Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.
a.
Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.
n.
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
v. t.
To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hemstitch
a.
Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
n.
A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
pron.
Alt. of Hemselven
n.
The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
n.
A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
imp. & p. p.
of Hemstitch
a.
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
n.
The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
a.
Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
a.
Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
a.
Like hemp.