v. Obs. Forms: 3 bihemmen, 6–7 behemm. [f. BE- 1 + HEM.] trans. To hem round. lit. and fig.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 672. He mot bihemmen and bilegge.
1567. Maplet, Gr. Forest, 44. Those I call coates which are as it were on both their sides behemmed and parted.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas (1608), 993. Her musky mouth … a swelling welt of Corall round behemms.
