hemstitches

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A form of hemstitch — An embroidery stitch in which parallel threads are drawn together in groups, which may be purely decorative or used on the warp threads of handwoven cloth to prevent unraveling.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hemstitch
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of hemstitch
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