Crossword-Solution: HEMSTITCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hemstitch | v. t. | 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. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “HEMSTITCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Embroidery basic | 1 answer |
| Tailor's technique | 1 answer |
| ornamental stitch | 1 answer |
| Decorative border | 5 answers |
| Decorative needlework | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HEMSTITCH (5)
There was an old-fashioned work-basket always full of stockings that never were mended, and a crumpled dresser scarf which Jean had begun to hemstitch more than a year ago in a brief spasm of domesticity.
And Pearl did not hesitate to call on Miss Hetty to show her how to hemstitch a handkerchief for Robert Grey.
She's a perfect terror, Joyce! Well, take this bit of a yoke--can you hemstitch as neatly as ever?" "Try me; I don't know.
Nearly every child had regular tasks; they were taught to use their hands as well as their eyes and thoughts, and Ruth was very proud that she could hemstitch nicely, and "set the heel" of a stocking, and finish off its toe.
The girls were first shown how to turn a hem on a piece of waste paper; then they proceeded to the various stitches in this order: to hem, to sew and fell a seam, to draw threads and hemstitch, to gather and sew on gathers, to make buttonholes, to sew on buttons, to do herring-bone stitch, to darn, to mark, to tuck, whip, and sew on a frill.
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Appears in: Three Across.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2006).