The border of a garment, doubled and sewed to strengthen it and prevent the raveling of the threads.

Edge; border. Matthew 9:20.

A particular sound of the human voice, expressed by the word hem.

To form a hem or border; to fold and sew down the edge of cloth to strengthen it.

To border; to edge. All the skirt about . Was hemm’d with golden fringe. To hem in, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. The troops were hemmed in by the enemy. Sometimes perhaps to hem about or round, may be used in a like sense.

To make the sound expressed by the word hem.