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hemmed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr & vb n. {Hemming}.] 1. To form a hem or border to to fold and sew down the edge of --Wordsworth. 2. 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.
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