1. Tison.
2. (Argot) (Vieux) Argent.
ETYM Old Eng. emmeres, emeres, AS. emyrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, Mid. High Germ. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.
A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire; SYN. coal.