Hemp"y (?), a. Like hemp. [R.] Howell.
Hem*self" (?), Hem*selve" (&?;), Hem*selv"en (&?;), pron. pl. [See Hem,
pron.] Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hem"stitch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hemstitching.] [Hem + stitch.] 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.
Hem"stitched (?), a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the
article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.