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Definition of 'hemstitch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hemstitch
the stitch used or the needlework done in hemstitching.

Etymology: (1830–40)

Definition of 'hemstitch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hemstitch, hemstitching
a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups

2. (verb) hemstitch
embroidery similar to drawnwork

3. (verb) hemstitch
sew with hemstitches
"hemstitch a sleeve"

Definition of 'hemstitch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) hemstitch
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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