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present participle and gerund of hem examples
plural hemmings
The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech. quotations examples
Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]
1847, The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, page 285