tweezersn.

/ˈtwiːzəz/

Forms: Also 1600s twizers, twezers, tweesers.

Etymology: An extended form of tweezes, plural of tweeze n. (compare trouse n.² and trousers n.). See also tweezer n.

With plural agreement.

†1. A set or case of small instruments. Also a pair (= set) of tweezers. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1654 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (2002) 168 Did not you say once you knew where good french tweeses were to bee had[?] pray send me a payer; they shall Cutt no Love.

1662 S. Pepys Diary 20 June (1970) III. 115 Bought me a pair of tweezers, cost me 14s.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 122 Ribbands, Paper, Needles, Twizers, Knives and Scissars.

1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 121 A Present of Twezers, and a Case of Knives to Father Sweetman at Madrid.

1742 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 173 They much admired my tweezers and the trinkets that were in them.

a. Small pincers or nippers (originally as included in the contents of an etui) used for plucking out hairs from the face or for grasping minute objects. Also a pair of tweezers.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > small

pincette?1533

twitcher?a1549

tweezers1654

pair of tuckers1658

tweezer1904

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 110 If he had but spirit enough to have drawne, the very sight of his Tweezers would have put the Don to the Roares.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. xii. 156 M^r. Barber with his Razor or his Tweezers, could not be so expeditious.

a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 124 His Eye-brows are fair, but over large,..I mean, when the Tweezers have not play'd their Part.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 489 They pluck up the hairs..by the roots with tweezers.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V lxxx. 175 With some small aid from scissars, paint, and tweezers, He look'd in almost all respects a maid.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 28 In it were found..a pair of tweezers in bronze.

1904 Mission Field June 71 Tweezers were used by the Indian men to pull out every hair that grew on their faces.

b. transferred in various senses.

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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. ii. 40 Until these unpar'd nailes, these sharp and tearing tweesers I fasten on his face.

1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 118 That the use of the ‘tweezers’, borne by the ear-wig at the end of the abdomen, was considered somewhat obscure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tweezers
释义	tweezersn. /ˈtwiːzəz/ Forms: Also 1600s twizers, twezers, tweesers. Etymology: An extended form of tweezes, plural of tweeze n. (compare trouse n.² and trousers n.). See also tweezer n. With plural agreement. †1. A set or case of small instruments. Also a pair (= set) of tweezers. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1654 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (2002) 168 Did not you say once you knew where good french tweeses were to bee had[?] pray send me a payer; they shall Cutt no Love. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 20 June (1970) III. 115 Bought me a pair of tweezers, cost me 14s. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 122 Ribbands, Paper, Needles, Twizers, Knives and Scissars. 1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 121 A Present of Twezers, and a Case of Knives to Father Sweetman at Madrid. 1742 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 173 They much admired my tweezers and the trinkets that were in them. 2. a. Small pincers or nippers (originally as included in the contents of an etui) used for plucking out hairs from the face or for grasping minute objects. Also a pair of tweezers. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > small pincette?1533 twitcher?a1549 tweezers1654 pair of tuckers1658 tweezer1904 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 110 If he had but spirit enough to have drawne, the very sight of his Tweezers would have put the Don to the Roares. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. xii. 156 M^r. Barber with his Razor or his Tweezers, could not be so expeditious. a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 124 His Eye-brows are fair, but over large,..I mean, when the Tweezers have not play'd their Part. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 489 They pluck up the hairs..by the roots with tweezers. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V lxxx. 175 With some small aid from scissars, paint, and tweezers, He look'd in almost all respects a maid. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 28 In it were found..a pair of tweezers in bronze. 1904 Mission Field June 71 Tweezers were used by the Indian men to pull out every hair that grew on their faces. b. transferred in various senses. ΚΠ 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. ii. 40 Until these unpar'd nailes, these sharp and tearing tweesers I fasten on his face. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 118 That the use of the ‘tweezers’, borne by the ear-wig at the end of the abdomen, was considered somewhat obscure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1654
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