temse

See also: Temse

English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛms/, /tɛmz/

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. (UK, obsolete or dialectal) A sieve.
    • 1777, Elizabeth Marshall, The Young Ladies' Guide in the Art of Cookery:
      Stone your apricots , coddle them , and rub them through a temse

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English *temes, from Proto-West Germanic *tamisu, of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛːmz(ə)/, /ˈteːmz(ə)/, /ˈtɛmz(ə)/, /-(p)s(ə)/

Noun

temse

  1. sieve
    Synonym: sive
Descendants
  • English: temse, tems, tempse
  • Scots: teemse

References

Verb

temse

  1. Alternative form of temsen
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