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Hem
Hem Hem, n.
An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often
indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call
attention. ``His morning hems.' --Spectator.
HemHem Hem, v. i. [???. See Hem, interj.]
To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to
hesitate in speaking. ``Hem, and stroke thy beard.' --Shak. Hem
Hem Hem, n. [AS. hem, border, margin; cf. Fries. h["a]mel,
Prov. G. hammel hem of mire or dirt.]
1. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and
sewed, to strengthen raveling.
2. Border; edge; margin. ``Hem of the sea.' --Shak.
3. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the
edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp
edge.
HemHem 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. HemHem Hem, pron. [OE., fr. AS. him, heom, dative pl. of. h? he.
See He, They.]
Them [Obs.] --Chaucer. Hem
Hem Hem, interj.
An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation,
doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud
or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. --Shak.
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