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
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RETEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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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.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1972).