1677 R. Plot 255 Rattles they hand-weed as soon as in flower.
1772 A. Young Let. 12 Jan. in R. Dossie (1782) III. 27 [I] hand-weeded it, August 22nd.
1807 861 The plants are twice hand-weeded.
1973 J. Seymour & S. Seymour xiii. 169 If you can horse hoe or hand hoe or hand weed so much the better.
2011 (National ed.) 25 Sept. (T Style Mag.) 52/1 The rows were set wide, and the soil had not been hand-weeded.