Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hemming"

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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