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hem⋅mer

  [hem-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that hems.
2. a sewing-machine attachment for hemming edges.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME. See hem 1 , -er 1
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hem 1   (hěm)   
n.  

  1. An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.

  2. The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline.

tr.v.   hemmed, hem·ming, hems

  1. To fold back and stitch down the edge of.

  2. To surround and shut in; enclose: a valley hemmed in by mountains. See Synonyms at enclose.


[Middle English, from Old English hem, hemm.]
hem'mer n.
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