Tamis is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 86 anagrams from letters in Tamis (aimst).
1595-1605; French: sieve Old English temes sieve, cognate with Middle Low German temes, Middle Dutch temse, Old High German zemisa
They can now be strained through a hair sieve, but, still better, they can be squeezed dry in a tamis cloth.
Rub it through a tamis, and season it with a little salt; it must not boil after being rubbed through.
Some tops of sprue grass may be boiled in a little stock till tender, and rubbed through a tamis.
The above, rubbed through a tamis, or fine sieve, will be entitled to be called “cucumber sauce.”
Let the sauce be reduced to a quart; skim off the fat; and strain through a tamis.
Rub the whole through a tamis, or hair-sieve; put it in the pot.
After two hours pass it twice slowly through a tamis so as to get the sauce very smooth.
Let the sauce reduce to a quart, skim the fat off, and strain it through a tamis cloth.
Rub them through a tamis, mix them with the broth; boil it for about half an hour.
Simmer them over the fire till tender, then rub through a sieve or tamis.