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Definition of Temse
1. n. A sieve.
Definition of Temse
1. to sift [v TEMSED, TEMSING, TEMSES] - See also: sift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temse
Literary usage of Temse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A hard-working, active man would not (infrequently ply the temse so quickly as
to set fire to the wooden hoop at the bottom." (Brewer. ..."
2. A Student's Pastime: Being a Select Series of Articles Reprinted from "Notes by Walter William Skeat (1896)
"Where can we find ‘Set the temse on fire' in an old hook? Of course the word
temse itself is common enough, and occurs in the ..."
3. A Student's Pastime: Being a Select Series of Articles Reprinted from "Notes by Walter William Skeat (1896)
"Where can we find ' Set the temse on fire' in an old book ? Of course the word
temse itself is common enough, and occurs in the ..."
4. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1896)
"For doing this it was necessary to use a sieve, called a temse, which was so
fixed that it could be turned round and round in the top of a barrel. ..."
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