Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

'Em

'Em

An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. — Addison

Em , noun

(Printing) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

Em-

A prefix. See En-.