Definitions For Temse

Noun

TEMSE (plural TEMSEs) (UK, obsolete, or, dialectal) A sieve. : (Halliwell)

Derived terms

temse bread, temsed bread temse loaf

Verb

tems , ing (obsolete, or, dialectal) To sift.

Alternative forms

tems tempse

Etymology

From Middle English temse, t=a sieve and temsen, t=to sieve, both from {{inh, en, ang, temsian}}, temesian, t=to sieve; strain; sift. Compare also {{cog, fr, tamis}}, {{cog, nl, teems}}, {{cog, frr, tems}}, Danish dialectal tems, , sieve, German dialectal Zims, , sieve. Compare also tamine. {{doublet, en, tamis}}.

Anagrams

Tesem, meets, metes, steem, steme, teems, temes