/twee"zeuhrz/ , n. ( used with a sing. or pl. v. )
small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.
[ 1645-55; pl. of tweezer, equiv. to obs. tweeze case of surgical instruments (aph. form of earlier etweese étuis, pl. of étui, n. deriv. of OF étuier to keep studiare to care for) + -ER 1 ]