Definition of hem

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Hem (v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.

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Hemistich :: Hemistich (n.) Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed..
Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition..
Purl :: Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..
Auriga :: Auriga (n.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella..
Charras :: Charras (n.) The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus.
Chemic :: Chemic (n.) A solution of chloride of lime.
Hemstitched :: Hemstitched (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief..
Euphemizing :: Euphemizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Euphemiz.
Thermochemic :: Thermochemic (a.) Alt. of Thermochemica.
Hemself :: Hemself (pron.) Alt. of Hemselve.
Haematology :: Haematology (n.) The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.
Subscript :: Subscript (a.) Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex..
Bloodstroke :: Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..
Ramify :: Ramify (v. t.) To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme..
Athletic :: Athletic (a.) Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports..
Visionary :: Visionary (n.) One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
Enantiomorphous :: Enantiomorphous (a.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals..
Dimera :: Dimera (n. pl.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids..
Leuc- :: Leuc- () A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc..
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