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EM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("em" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "em"):
point (a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch)
en; nut (half the width of an em)
Holonyms ("em" is a part of...):
in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A quad with a square body
Example:
since 'em quad' is hard to distinguish from 'en quad', printers sometimes called it a 'mutton quad'
Synonyms:
em; em quad; mutton quad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("em" is a kind of...):
area unit; square measure (a system of units used to measure areas)
Context examples:
Mak' 'em into pies.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Then they will have a child every year! and Lord help 'em! how poor they will be! I must see what I can give them towards furnishing their house. Two maids and two men, indeed!—as I talked of t'other day.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He was the leader. They was the crack team of Alaska. Nothin' could touch 'em. In 1898 I refused five thousand dollars for the bunch. Dogs was high, then, anyway; but that wasn't what made the fancy price. It was the team itself. Brown was the best in the team.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It would be worth a journey (not to mention the pleasure of a journey with you, Daisy), to see that sort of people together, and to make one of 'em.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
You've seen 'em, maybe, hanged in chains, birds about 'em, seamen p'inting 'em out as they go down with the tide. 'Who's that?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Make a run for it, an' we'll hold 'em back. Now you go! Hit her up!"
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Fan ’em, Jack! Fan ’em!” shrieked the lady.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, we must just go back and fetch 'em. I couldn't bring 'em with me.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"They jes' swallowed 'm alive. I bet he was yelpin' as he went down their throats, damn 'em!"
(White Fang, by Jack London)
As I ain't, I give my boys, and give 'em free.'
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
