| Pronunciation: | | 'hem`stich
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] embroidery similar to drawnwork
- [n] stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
- [v] sew with hemstitches; "hemstitch a sleeve"
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HEMSTITCH is a 9 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | hemstitching |
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| | See Also: | | embroidery, fancywork, run up, sew, sew together, stitch, stitch |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hem"stitch\, v. 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.
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