Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tamis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tamis \Tam"is\, n. [F., a kind of sieve.]
1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
2. The cloth itself; tammy.
{Tamis bird} (Zo["o]l.), a Guinea fowl.
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