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Webster 1913 Edition
Tweeze
{
Tweese
,Tweeze
}(twēz)
, Noun.
[OE.
tweeze
, tweese
, fr. F. étuis
, pl. of étui
a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche
a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. stūhha
, G. stauche
a short and narrow muff. Cf Etui
, Tweezers
.] A surgeon’s case of instruments.
Howell.