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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hemstitch

· Hem·stitch · IPA
01 v. t. 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;…
imp. & p. p. Hemstitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching
  1. 1.
    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.