TEMSE

Etymology

Verb

temse (third-person singular simple present temses, present participle temsing, simple past and past participle temsed)

(obsolete or dialectal) To sift.

Noun

temse (plural temses)

(UK, obsolete or dialectal) A sieve.

Anagrams

• Tesem, meets, metes, steem, steme, teems, temes

Source: Wiktionary


Temse, n. Etym: [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. Tamine.]

Definition: A sieve. [Written also tems, and tempse.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Temse bread, Temsed bread, Temse loaf, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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