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hemming

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hemming [′hem·iŋ]
(mechanical engineering)
Forming of an edge by bending the metal back on itself.
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Leaning forward, he touched the farther end of the strip of brown stuff that she was hemming.
Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context
You just let me direct Miss Hemming how to make some of these things.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
For long he muttered to himself, staring at Smee, who was hemming placidly, under the conviction that all children feared him.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
 
 
 
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