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temse

  • /tɛms/
  • /tɛmz/

Where it comes from

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.

verb temses · temsing · temsed · tems · tempse

  1. dialectal, obsolete To sift.

noun temses · tems · tempse

  1. UK, dialectal, obsolete A sieve. Stone your apricots , coddle them , and rub them through a temse

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@misc{temse_2026,
  title = {temse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/temse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}