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Hem
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
(2):
(n.) An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
(3):
(pron.) Them
(4):
(v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
(5):
(n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
(6):
(n.) Border; edge; margin.
(7):
(n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
(8):
(v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
(9):
(v. t.) To border; to edge
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hem'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hem.html. 1828.
