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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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