- tweezes
- v. pluck with small pincers
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
tweezes
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tweezers — [17] French étui denotes a small case for carrying personal articles, small tools and the like (it was descended from Old French estuier ‘keep, shut up, imprison’). English adopted it in the early 17th century as etui or, anglicized, as etwee.… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
tweezers — [17] French étui denotes a small case for carrying personal articles, small tools and the like (it was descended from Old French estuier ‘keep, shut up, imprison’). English adopted it in the early 17th century as etui or, anglicized, as etwee.… … Word origins
tweezers — (n.) 1650s, extended from tweezes, plural of tweeze case for tweezers (1620s), aphetic of etweese, considered as plural of etwee (1610s) a small case, from Fr. étui small case (see ETUI (Cf. etui)). Sense transferred from the case to the… … Etymology dictionary
TWEEZERS — n.pl. a small pair of pincers for taking up small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. Etymology: extended form of tweezes (cf. pincers etc.) pl. of obs. tweeze case for small instruments, f. etweese = eacutetuis, pl. of EacuteTUI … Useful english dictionary
