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Etymology

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From French étuis pl. Compare tweezers.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tweese (plural tweeses)

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

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

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