Temse
/tɛms/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sieve. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"Stone your apricots , coddle them , and rub them through a temse"
Verb
- 1 To sift. dialectal, obsolete
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Stone your apricots , coddle them , and rub them through a temse"
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. Doublet of tamis.