单词 | hemming |
释义 | † hemmingn.1 Obsolete. The skin or hide of a deer's shank; a rough shoe or brogue made from this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > deer-skin > part of hemmingc1050 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > skin or hide > other hemmingc1050 wax shoe1664 suede shoe1882 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 468/31 Pero, hemming i. ruh sco. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 476 Þe heminges swiþe on est He schar and layd bi side. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxix. 274 At sa gret myschef he wes, That hys Knychtis weryd Rewylynys Of Hydis, or of Hart Hemmynys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). hemmingn.2 The action of hem v.1; the making or providing of a firm neat border to any article of clothing, upholstery, or the like; that which is hemmed; a fringe, the border of a garment. Also hemming-in. See also German hemming n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging fasc950 wloc950 hemc1000 hemminga1300 borderc1374 mill1388 purfling1388 orphrey?a1425 wainc1440 millc1450 selvage1481 edge1502 bordering1530 screed1788 German hemming1838 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing in other ways hemminga1300 back-stitch1611 buttonholing1828 felling1840 pintucking1903 stab-stitching1917 prick-stitching1952 bar tack1955 bar-tacking1959 pad stitching1960 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] locking1503 coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 a1300 E.E. Psalter xliv. 14 [xlv. 13] Doghtres of kinges..In gliterand gilted hemminges. 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 7 Payed for the hemmyng of a kertelle of the Quenes of damaske iiijd. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 230/2 Hemmyng or hemme of a garment, ourelevre. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. ix. 23 Many favours which God giveth us ravell out for want of hemming. 1888 Illustr. London News 14 Apr. 384/1 The exquisitely fine hemming and stitching shown at Lord Aberdeen's house. 1905 Fabian News Mar. 14/2 It is enacted that ‘he who receives relief must submit to the hemmings in of his personal liberty which the law imposes’. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1858 U.S. Patent 21,355 (title) Improvement in hemming guides for sewing machines. a1865 in M. Johnson Amer. Advertising (1960) Patent binding folders and hemming guides on hand. 1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 196/2 For Machining Hems.—Screw on the hemming foot in place of the presser foot. 1972 Canad. Antiques Collector Mar.–Apr. 32/2 A hemming bird, ornate and beautifully made..brought over..one hundred and fifty years ago from Scotland. C2. hemming-machine n. (a) a machine for hemming material; (b) a machine used to turn over the edges of the metal in making the handles of cans and utensils in sheet-metal work. hemming-machinist n. ΚΠ 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 419 Hemmer,..hemming machinist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). hemmingn.3 The action of hem v.2; coughing, clearing of the throat. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > hemming hemming1470 hem1547 ahem1823 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > coughing > clearing throat rokinga1398 hemming1470 retching1542 reach?1578 hawking1582 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. viii She coughed soo lowde that syre launcelot awaked and he knew her hemynge. 1553 T. Becon Relikes of Rome (1563) 263 b It might chaunce to be cast out by spitting or hemmyng. 1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. F2 Grac. Hem, hem. Citty wife. A pox on your hemmings, doe you think we care for your hemmings. 1786 F. Burney Diary Oct. (1842) III. 175 At length a prodigious hemming showed a preparation in the Colonel for a speech. 1896 in Sir. A. Otway Pref. to Autobiog. Ld. Clarence Paget 5 With his ‘hemming’ and ‘hawing’, and other tokens of oratorical imperfection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈhemming ˈhemming adj. ΚΠ 1605 C. Tourneur Laugh & lie Downe sig. C1 Made him with a hemming sigh, ilfauourdly singe the Ballad of Whilom I was. < n.1c1050n.2a1300n.31470 as lemmas |
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