temse
English
Alternative forms
- tems
- tempse
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)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To sift.
Noun
temse (plural temses)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)