In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
hem
(verb) utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’
hem
(verb) fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; “hem my skirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hemmed
simple past tense and past participle of hem
• Mehmed
Source: Wiktionary
Hem, pron. Etym: [OE., fr. AS. him, heom, dative pl. of. h he. See He, They.]
Definition: Them [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hem, interj.
Definition: An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm. Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. Shak.
Hem, n.
Definition: An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. "His morning hems." Spectator.
Hem, v. i. [Hem, interj.]
Definition: To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking. "Hem, and stroke thy beard." Shak.
Hem, n. Etym: [AS. hem, border, margin; cf. Fries. hämel, Prov. G. hammel hem of mire or dirt.]
1. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
2. Border; edge; margin. "Hem of the sea." Shak.
3. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
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, around, or 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.