n. See Krems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Deem + -ster; i. e., doomster. Cf. Dempster. ] A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Deemster. ] 1. A deemster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] (Zool.) The chamois. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck. ] (Zool.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., prop., chamois horn. ] (Mus.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, pron. pl. [ See Hem, pron. ] Themselves; -- used reflexively. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] Winter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A variety of white lead. See Krems lead, under Lead, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. mem-sāhib; mem (fr. E. ma'am) + Ar. çāhib master. See Sahib. ] Lady; mistress; -- used by Hindustani-speaking natives in India in addressing European women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. impers. [ imp. Meseemed ] It seems to me. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The ichneumon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office or condition of a sachem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seamster. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stem, n., and Keelson, and cf. Sternson. ] (Shipbuilding) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. Tamine. ] A sieve. [ Written also tems, and tempse. ] [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temse bread,
Temsed bread,
Temse loaf, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ., fr. zemlya land. ] In Russia, an elective local district and provincial administrative assembly. Originally it was composed of representatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of the towns, and the landed proprietors. In the reign of Alexander III. the power of the noble landowners was increased, the peasants allowed only to elect candidates from whom the governor of the province nominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to the approval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powers relating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practically these powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the state taxation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]