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Search phrase: hem

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As You Like ItAYL I.iii.18Hem them away.Hem them away.
As You Like ItAYL I.iii.19I would try, if I could cry ‘ hem ’ and haveI would try if I could cry hem, and haue
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.16they cry ‘ Hem!’ and bid you ‘ Play it off!’ To conclude,then they cry hem, and bid you play it off. To conclude,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.29Better than I was – hem!Better then I was: Hem.
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.212faith, Sir John, we have. Our watchword was ‘ Hem, faith, Sir Iohn, wee haue: our watch-word was, Hem-
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.16And, sorrow wag, cry ‘ hem!’ when he should groan,And sorrow, wagge, crie hem, when he should grone,
OthelloOth IV.ii.28Cough or cry ‘ hem ’ if anybody come.Cough, or cry hem; if any bodycome:
Timon of AthensTim V.iv.66Entombed upon the very hem o'th' sea;Entomb'd vpon the very hemme o'th'Sea,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.228Troilus! There's a man, niece, hem! – Brave Troilus,Troylus! Ther's a man Neece, hem? Braue Troylus

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Glossary

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circumscribeconfine, fence in, hem in
hem[drinking call] make a noise like ‘ahem’; clear the throat
hemedge, margin, shore
hemenclose, surround, confine
hemremove, clear away [with a cough or ‘hem’]
hemmake a noise like ‘hmm’ or ‘ahem’
hemmake a noise like ‘hmm’
palefence in, hem in, enclose

Thesaurus

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hem incircumscribe
hem inpale

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HEMBASIChem n, hem v

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