hem (int.)
[drinking call] make a noise like ‘ahem’; clear the throat
1H4 II.iv.16[Prince Hal to Poins, of the tavern drinkers] when you breathe in your watering they cry 'Hem!'
2H4 III.ii.212[Shallow to Falstaff] Our watchword was 'Hem, boys!'
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