tamise (tamez)

[Cf. tamis.] A trade-name given to various thin woolen fabrics. tamkin (tam'kin), n. [For* tampkin, an altered form of tampion, tampon (cf. pumpkin, an altered form of pumpion, pompion, pompon ). ] Same as tampion. People do complain of Sir Edward Spragg, that he hath not done extraordinary; and more of Sir W. Jenings, that he came up with his tamkins in his guns. Pepys , Diary, III. 197.