temse

See also: Temse

English

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Etymology

From Middle English temse (“a sieve”) and temsen (“to sieve”), both from Old English temsian, temesian (“to sieve; strain; sift”). Compare also French tamis, Dutch teems, North Frisian tems, Danish dialectal tems (“sieve”), German dialectal Zims (“sieve”). Compare also tamine.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) To sift.

Noun

temse (plural temses)

  1. (Britain, obsolete or dialectal) A sieve.
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Derived terms
  • temse bread, temsed bread
  • temse loaf

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for temse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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