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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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