Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A sieve.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo sift.
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.
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