tweese

tweese: noun
see tweeze I

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tweeze or tweese «tweez», verb, tweezed, tweezing, noun.

–v.t.

to pull out with tweezers: »Hairs which spoil the line should be tweezed out (Sunday Times).

–n. Obsolete.

1. a case of small instruments, as of a surgeon.

2. tweezers.

╂[earlier tweese, plural of twee < Old French etui a keeping safe < Old French estuier to keep. Compare etym. under etui. (Cf. ↑etui)]

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Tweese — Tweese, Tweeze Tweeze, n. [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F. [ e]tuis, pl. of [ e]tui a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. st[=u]hha, G. stauche a short and narrow muff … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tweeze — Tweese Tweese, Tweeze Tweeze, n. [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F. [ e]tuis, pl. of [ e]tui a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. st[=u]hha, G. stauche a short and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tweezers — Twee zers, n. pl. [See {Tweese}.] Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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