I. noun
or tweese ˈtwēz
( -s )
Etymology: short for etweese, from plural of etwee, from French étui, from Old French estui container, from estuier to keep, preserve, retain, perhaps from (assumed) Vulgar Latin studiare to take care of, from Latin studium zeal, application, study — more at study
obsolete : a case of small instruments (as of a surgeon or barber) : etui
II. ˈtwēz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: back-formation from tweezers
: to extract, pluck, or remove with tweezers
tweezes the hairs out of his ears — Newsweek
tweezed out the little triangular stitches of black thread — Robert Hazel