| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. One who, or that which, hems with a needle.[Websters] 2. An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down.[Websters] 3. A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Hemmer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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| Occupations | 1: Feeds uncured rubber goods or garments, such as baby pants, through rollers or roller-cutter that crimp or fold over and press edges to reinforce article, or seal edges together and cut off excess material. May simultaneously feed binding tape between rollers that crimp tape to garment edges. (references) | ||
| 2: Operates sewing machine equipped with folding attachment to hem articles, such as curtains and draperies, gloves and mittens, sheets, towels, and pillowcases: Guides edge of material through folding attachment and under machine needle. Inserts and sews labels into hem. May reinforce hem by backstitching at ends of seam. May fold hem manually. When operating machine to hem curtains and draperies to form rod inserts, is designated Header (tex.prod., nec). May be designated according to article or part hemmed as Pillowcase Sewer (tex.prod., nec); Sheet Sewer (tex.prod., nec); Towel Sewer (tex.prod., nec); Window-Shade-Cloth Sewer (furniture); Wrist Hemmer (glove & mit.). Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |||
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| Bill Hemmer | Bill Hemmer (born November 14, 1964) is a journalist who spent 10 years at CNN before moving to the Fox News Channel in August 2005. Before leaving the network in June 2005, he and Soledad O'Brien were the anchors on American Morning, CNN's flagship morning news program. Hemmer started with this program in 2002. (references) | ||
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| Plain-goods hemmer | Occupations | Operates sewing machine equipped with folding attachment to hem articles, such as curtains and draperies, gloves and mittens, sheets, towels, and pillowcases: Guides edge of material through folding attachment and under machine needle. Inserts and sews labels into hem. May reinforce hem by backstitching at ends of seam. May fold hem manually. When operating machine to hem curtains and draperies to form rod inserts, is designated Header (tex.prod., nec). May be designated according to article or part hemmed as Pillowcase Sewer (tex.prod., nec); Sheet Sewer (tex.prod., nec); Towel Sewer (tex.prod., nec); Window-Shade-Cloth Sewer (furniture); Wrist Hemmer (glove & mit.). Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
| Side hemmer | Occupations | Tends one or more automatic sewing machines that hem continuous lengths of material: Threads material through feed rollers, machine guides, and hem-folding attachment. Starts machine that sews continuous hem and stops as material runs out or thread breaks. When tending machine that sews hemstitch, may be designated Gang-Hemstitching-Machine Operator (tex.prod., nec). May be designated according to product hemmed as Curtain Hemmer, Automatic (tex.prod., nec); Drapery Hemmer, Automatic (tex.prod., nec); Ruffling Hemmer, Automatic (tex.prod., nec). Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: HEMMER | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bill Hemmer | 11 | Bill Hemmer | 11 | |
| Jarl Hemmer | 2 | Jarl Hemmer | 2 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | máquina embainhadora (hemmer, hemming machine), máquina abainhadora (hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 缝边的人 (hemmer), 缝辺者 (hemmer), 缝辺器 (feller, hemmer), 包围 (encircle, surround, beset, encompass, envelop). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 縫邊的人 (hemmer). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | ourleuse (hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | ourleuse (hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | κρασπεδώτησ (hemmer), ρελιάστρα (hemmer, hemming machine), μηχανή ρελιάσματος (hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | kraspedhotis (hemmer), reliastra (hemmer, hemming machine), mikhani reliasmatos (hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 가두리를 대는 사람 (hemmer), 휘감치는 장치 (hemmer), 가장자리 감치는 장치 (hemmer). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 가두리를 대는 사람 (hemmer), 휘감치는 장치 (hemmer), 가장자리 감치는 장치 (hemmer). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | orlatore (hemmer, edger), orlatrice (edger, hemmer). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 縁取りをする人 (hemmer, edger), 縁取りをするもの (hemmer), ふち者 (hemmer), ロック (lock, rock, roc, hemmer, locks), ヘンメル (hemmer), 縁取器 (hemmer). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 가두리를 대는 사람 (hemmer), 휘감치는 장치 (hemmer), 가장자리 감치는 장치 (hemmer). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | máquina embainhadora (hemmer, hemming machine), máquina abainhadora (hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | máquina de coser (sewing machine, quilter, hemmer, hemming machine). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, hemmer. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “hemmer” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | hathagemmathager (hemmer). Additional references: Athag, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | hagemmager (hemmer). Additional references: Double Dutch, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | #&[V][V]&P\ (hemmer). Additional references: Leet, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | hopemmoper (hemmer). Additional references: Oppish, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | emmerhay (hemmer). Additional references: Pig Latin, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | maquina (hemmer). Additional references: Terran B, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | hubemmuber (hemmer). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, hemmer. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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