Hemstitch \Hem"stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemstitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemstitching}.] [Hem + stitch.] 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. Hemstitched \Hem"stitched\, a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.