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Webster 1913 Edition
Hem
Hem
,int
erj.
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. Shakespeare
Hem
,Noun.
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.
Hem
,Verb.
I.
[√15. See
Hem
, int
] erj.
To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
“Hem, and stroke thy beard.” Shak.
Hem
,Noun.
[AS.
hem
, border, margin; cf. Fries. hämel
, Prov. G. hammel
hem of mire or dirt.] 1.
The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent 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.
Hem
,Verb.
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
Was
hemmed
with golden fringe. Spenser.
To hem about
, To hem around
, or To hem 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hem
HEM
, n.1.
The border of a garment, doubled and sewed to strengthen it and prevent the raveling of the threads.2.
Edge; border. Matt.9.3.
A particular sound of the human voice, expressed by the word hem.HEM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To border; to edge. All the skirt about
Was hemm'd with golden fringe.
To hem in, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. The troops were hemmed in by the enemy. Sometimes perhaps to hem about or round, may be used in a like sense.
HEM
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
hẻm
hẻm
Vietnamese
Noun
hẻm
- a place
Usage notes
- A hẻm is not an alley, but a street of the kind that is usually has the word place in its name in English-speaking countries. It only has one end connected to a street; the other is a dead end. Hẻm are typically small and narrow, optionally covered with asphalt, and usually numbered rather than named like other types of streets.