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Definition of Hemmed
1. hem [v] - See also: hem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemmed
Literary usage of Hemmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Deep, deep compassion hemmed in alj words. With a face of beseeching he put his
arm round her and pressed her head tenderly under his. ..."
2. Camera (1907)
"His skylight is really no skylight at all, being hemmed in on all sides by tall
buildings, and, as he calls it, "in a dungeon. ..."
3. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"To make: hemmed Fell.—Place two right sides of cloth together, ... hemmed fell.
one-eighth inch, then turn the wide edge over the narrow one; lay both flat ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1812)
"Massena hemmed in я- Sides.—His Operations confined to Self-defence 'gainst the
... hemmed ..."
5. The History of British India by James Mill (1848)
"hemmed in between the British divisions.— Passes to the East to join the Raja of
Nagpur at Chanda.—Chanda covered.—Baji Rao pressed by General Doveton. ..."
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