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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 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.
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