( v. t. )
To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
( v. t. )
To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012