† tweezen.

Forms: Also plural tweeses, twizes, twises; rare in singular

Etymology: Aphetic < etweese (1657) = etuys , etuis , plural of etui n. See also twee n.¹The form-history in English is not quite clear, but apparently the plural form etuis, etwees was taken also as singular and spelt etweese, and this aphetized to tweese.

Obsolete.

A case of small instruments, an etui; also plural instruments kept or carried about in a small case. Occasionally a pair (= set) of tweezes.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > set of > in small case

tweeze1622

twee1749

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments

etui1611

tweeze1622

puppeta1625

tweezer1654

tweezer-case1686

twee1690

bubble-boy1727

nécessaire1800

poppeta1903

caddy1976

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pennarol de Chirurgien, a Chirurgians Case or Ettuy; the box wherein he carries his Instruments.]

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1623) ii. 130 Whether shee would buy a very fine paire of twizes which we..had cut from another gentlewomans girdle..having ground and whet them..and fitted them with a case.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) ii. sig. C2^v Take any thing.., Purses, Knives, Handkerchers, Rosaries, Tweezes, any toy.

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Tweese) A Surgeons tweese (or box of instruments).

1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 7 I will..betallow thy tweezes.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xvi. 32 I have sent you..the French Bever and Tweeses you writ for.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xv. sig. Ff8^v Drawing a little Penknife out of a pair of Twises I then chanc'd to have about me.

1672 Descr. Lake Geneva in E. Halley Miscellanea Curiosa (1708) III. 409 There are found..Knives, and Needles as thick as Bodkins of tweeses.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 206 A barber's tweese, or case of instruments.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

tweezev.

/twiːz/

Etymology: Back-formation < tweezers n.

transitive. To pull out (hair) with tweezers. Also, to pull as with tweezers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > with tweezers

mulleta1644

tweezer1848

tweeze1932

1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 153 He..tweezed out hairs with a silver tweezer.

1968 B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 29 So he tweezed the lashes between his finger and thumb and drew the lid down.

1979 M. McMullen But Nellie was so Nice i. i. 9 The mouth was scarlet, the brows tweezed to an almost invisible line.

1982 Chicago Sun-Times 20 Nov. 19 When Gordon finished, makeup artist Gloria Percival tweezed Schaefer's brows.

Derivatives

ˈtweezing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > with tweezers

tweezing1956

1956 Sun (Baltimore) 13 June b12/4 Before tweezing, apply to brow area a soft cloth wrung out in hot water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tweeze
释义	† tweezen. Forms: Also plural tweeses, twizes, twises; rare in singular Etymology: Aphetic < etweese (1657) = etuys , etuis , plural of etui n. See also twee n.¹The form-history in English is not quite clear, but apparently the plural form etuis, etwees was taken also as singular and spelt etweese, and this aphetized to tweese. Obsolete. A case of small instruments, an etui; also plural instruments kept or carried about in a small case. Occasionally a pair (= set) of tweezes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > set of > in small case tweeze1622 twee1749 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments etui1611 tweeze1622 puppeta1625 tweezer1654 tweezer-case1686 twee1690 bubble-boy1727 nécessaire1800 poppeta1903 caddy1976 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pennarol de Chirurgien, a Chirurgians Case or Ettuy; the box wherein he carries his Instruments.] 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue (1623) ii. 130 Whether shee would buy a very fine paire of twizes which we..had cut from another gentlewomans girdle..having ground and whet them..and fitted them with a case. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) ii. sig. C2^v Take any thing.., Purses, Knives, Handkerchers, Rosaries, Tweezes, any toy. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Tweese) A Surgeons tweese (or box of instruments). 1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 7 I will..betallow thy tweezes. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xvi. 32 I have sent you..the French Bever and Tweeses you writ for. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xv. sig. Ff8^v Drawing a little Penknife out of a pair of Twises I then chanc'd to have about me. 1672 Descr. Lake Geneva in E. Halley Miscellanea Curiosa (1708) III. 409 There are found..Knives, and Needles as thick as Bodkins of tweeses. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 206 A barber's tweese, or case of instruments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). tweezev. /twiːz/ Etymology: Back-formation < tweezers n. transitive. To pull out (hair) with tweezers. Also, to pull as with tweezers. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > with tweezers mulleta1644 tweezer1848 tweeze1932 1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 153 He..tweezed out hairs with a silver tweezer. 1968 B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 29 So he tweezed the lashes between his finger and thumb and drew the lid down. 1979 M. McMullen But Nellie was so Nice i. i. 9 The mouth was scarlet, the brows tweezed to an almost invisible line. 1982 Chicago Sun-Times 20 Nov. 19 When Gordon finished, makeup artist Gloria Percival tweezed Schaefer's brows. Derivatives ˈtweezing n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > with tweezers tweezing1956 1956 Sun (Baltimore) 13 June b12/4 Before tweezing, apply to brow area a soft cloth wrung out in hot water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1622v.1932
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