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tweese


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tweese  \Tweese\,  Tweeze  \Tweeze\,  n.  [OE.  tweeze,  tweese,  fr  F. 
  ['e]tuis,  pl  of  ['e]tui  a  case,  sheath,  box;  probably  of 
  Teutonic  origin;  cf  MNG.  stuche  a  wide  sleeve  in  which 
  articles  could  be  carried,  OHG.  st[=u]hha,  G.  stauche  a  short 
  and  narrow  muff.  Cf  {Etui},  {Tweezers}.] 
  A  surgeon's  case  of  instruments.  --Howell.