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Hemstitch
Hem′stitch
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hemstitched
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hemstitching
.] [
Hem
+ stitch
.] 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