Crossword-Solution: TEMSE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Temse | n. | A sieve. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TEMSE | anagram | MEETS, MESET, METES, SETEM, SETME, TEEMS, TEMES |
We have 1 clue for the answer “TEMSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Sieve, in England | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
OARSLD
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with TEMSE (5)
The Margrave of Bruges was their head, and the chief man among them; but he that was esteemed the wisest, and that spoke for the rest, was George Temse, the Provost of Casselsee: both art and nature had concurred to make him eloquent: he was very learned in the law; and, as he had a great capacity, so, by a long practice in affairs, he was very dexterous at unravelling them.
The Margrave of Bruges was their head, and the chief man among them; but he that was esteemed the wisest, and that spoke for the rest, was George Temse, the Provost of Casselsee; both art and nature had concurred to make him eloquent: he was very learned in the law; and as he had a great capacity, so by a long practice in affairs he was very dextrous at unravelling them.
These were oblong, trencher-shaped bowls about eighteen inches long; across the trough ran lengthwise a stick or rod on which rested the sieve, searse, or temse, when flour was sifted into the trough.
The saying "set the Thames (or temse) on fire," meant that hard work and active friction would set the wooden temse on fire.
Across the trough ran lengthwise a stick or rod, on which the flour was sifted in a temse, or searce, or sieve.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1972).