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Temse

//tɛms// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sieve. UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "Stone your apricots , coddle them , and rub them through a temse"

Verb
  1. 1
    To sift. dialectal, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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. Doublet of tamis.

Etymology 2

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. Doublet of tamis.

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