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hemstitch
  • n  a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
  • n  embroidery similar to drawnwork
  • v  sew with hemstitches
    hemstitch a sleeve
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hemstitching
  • n  a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
  • v  sew with hemstitches
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hen
  • n  adult female chicken
  • n  adult female bird
  • n  flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
  • n  female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
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hen-of-the-woods
  • n  large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
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hen harrier
  • n  common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
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hen hawk
  • n  nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
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hen of the woods
  • n  large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
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henbane
  • n  poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
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henbit
  • n  Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers
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