tamin, tamine (tamin)

[Also tammin, and tammy, taminy; irreg. I took her up in an old tamin gown. Mas singer , New Way to Pay Old Debts, iii. 2. Their stockings were of tamine , or of cloth serge. Ozell, tr. of Rabelais, i. 56. 2. A strainer or bolter made of hair or cloth. taminy (tam'i-ni), n. Same as tamin . tamis (tam'is), n. [F. tamis , dial. taimi = Pr. tamis = Sp. tamiz = It. tamigio (Venetian tamiso) (ML. tamisium ), a sieve: see temse .] A cloth made for straining liquids.