† taminn.
Obsolete.
a. A thin woollen stuff: = stamin n. Also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > thin or fine
tamin1552
rattinet1748
toilenette1789
cashmere1822
woollenette1825
beige1858
crystal1860
nun's cloth1883
1552 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1886) I. 8 Unum par manicarum de serico vocato tamin [pr. tawin] damaske ad valenciam v.s.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Estamine, the stuffe Tamine; also, a strayner, searce, boulter, or boulting cloth.
1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iii. ii. sig. F4 I tooke her vp in an old tamin gowne.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lvi. 245 Their stockins were of tamine [Fr. estamet] or of cloth-serge.
1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 366 Cloth-Rash and Tamine common.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 334 Window-curtains of English stuff..about the substance of a timen or crape.
1822 R. Nares Gloss. Tamine, a sort of woollen cloth; probably the same that is now called tammy.]
1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance III. ii. 12 Broadcloth and timmen.
b. A strainer or bolter, of this stuff; = tamis n. 1.In later dictionaries; perhaps never in use.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > straining > [noun] > strainer
strainer1326
renge?1362
canvasc1386
strain1432
searcec1440
sye1468
runnera1475
ranger1485
renger1510
searce-net1526
colatory?1541
range1542
sight1559
sythe1568
colature1577
tamis1601
sile-dish1668
hurdle1725
kenting1725
stamin1725
tammy1769
tamin1847
vat-neta1884
chinois1937
1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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