tweese

English

Etymology

From French étuis pl. Compare tweezers.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /twiːz/
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

tweese (plural tweeses)

  1. (obsolete) A surgeon's case of instruments.
    • 1660, James Howell, Lexicon Tetraglotton:
      Tweese, or box of instruments

References

“tweese”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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