| slovo | definícia |
hemming
(encz) | hemming,lemovací adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hemming
(encz) | hemming,lemování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hemming
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To border; to edge
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All the skirt about
Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser.
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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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hemming and hahing
(encz) | hemming and hahing, |
hemming machine
(encz) | hemming machine,šicí stroj n: Yakeen |
hemming-stitch
(encz) | hemming-stitch, n: |
Hemming
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To border; to edge
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All the skirt about
Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser.
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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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hemming and hawing
(gcide) | Haw \Haw\, v. i.
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with
interruption and hesitation.
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Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw.
--Chesterfield.
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hemming and hawing speaking hesitantly and inarticulately,
with numerous pauses and interjections.
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hemming-stitch
(gcide) | hemming-stitch \hemming-stitch\ n.
a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses.
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hemming-stitch
(wn) | hemming-stitch
n 1: a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses |
hemminge
(wn) | Hemminge
n 1: English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's
plays (1556-1630) [syn: Heming, Hemminge, {John
Heming}, John Hemminge] |
john hemminge
(wn) | John Hemminge
n 1: English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's
plays (1556-1630) [syn: Heming, Hemminge, {John
Heming}, John Hemminge] |
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