hemming
['hemiŋ]
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1. I have to machine the hem.
   需缝纫缝.
2. The enemy troops were hemming us in.
   敌把围.

Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hemming}.]
1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge
of. --Wordsworth.

2. To border; to edge

All the skirt about
Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser.

{To hem about}, {To hem around}, or {To hem in}, to inclose
and confine; to surround; to environ. ``With valiant
squadrons round about to hem.'' --Fairfax. ``Hemmed in to
be a spoil to tyranny.'' --Daniel.

{To hem out}, to shut out. ``You can not hem me out of
London.'' --J. Webster.