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etui, etwee|ɛˈtwiː|
Forms: 7 estuife, estwefe, ettuy, ettwee, pl. etweese, 8 etuis, etuy, 7– etwee, 8– etui.
[a. Fr. étui, OF. estui = Pr. estui, estug (med.L. estugium, 1231, Du Cange), according to M. Paul Meyer a vbl. n. f. F. estuier, Pr. estuiar, estugar (:—late L. type *stugāre) to keep, guard, hold in custody. (The Pr. form is inconsistent with the commonly assumed identity with the synonymous Sp. estuche, It. astuccio.) Cf. tweeze n.
In the forms estuife, estwefe in Florio the f may be a misprint for s; if not, these forms suggest some sort of association with huswife subsequently used in the same sense.]
A small case, usually ornamental, for small articles, as bodkins, needles, toothpicks, etc.; formerly also a case for surgical instruments.
1611Florio, Astuccio, an estuife, a pocket cace or little sheath with cizers, bodkin, penknife..in it. ― Stucchio, an estwefe, etc. 1611Cotgr., Estui, an Ettwee. ― Pennarol de Chirurgien, a Chirurgians Case or Ettuy; the box wherein he carries his Instruments. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 27 Our Knives, Etweese, Keys, Needles. 1710Steele Tatler No. 245 ⁋2 Gold Etuys for Quills, Scissars, Needles, Thimbles. a1763Shenstone Wks. (1764) I. 299 The gold etwee, With all its bright inhabitants, shall waste Its melting stores. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. II. 10 June, He presented..me with a gold etuis. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 112 It is used..in making boxes, socles, handles of knives, etuis, etc. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xlii, The pearl necklace and the gold etwee. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 78 Travelling Bags, Razor Cases, Etuis, etc.
attrib.1828Webster s.v. Etwee-case, a case for pocket instruments. |