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, orin, 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.