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The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
See under Hemp.
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a.
Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.
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.
n.
The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
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A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hemstitch
a.
Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
n.
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
n.
The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
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Like hemp.
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of Hemstitch
pron.
Alt. of Hemselven
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Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.
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Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves.
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Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
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A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.
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Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
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Like hemp.
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See Hematophilia.
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