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Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.

The roebuck in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

Delivery in childbed

Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper.

An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.

Of or relating to alchemy.

In the manner of alchemy.

One who practices alchemy. You are alchemist; make gold. Shak.

Relating to or practicing alchemy. Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators. Burke.

Alchemy. [Obs.]

To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace.

ld, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

nied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Anathematization. [Obs.] We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.

The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.

To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.

To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.] Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.