tweezern.

Forms: Also 1700s tweeser.

Etymology: < tweeze n., or twees, tweeze plural of twee n.¹ Also, in modern use, a back-formation < tweezers n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtweezer.

†1. A case of small instruments; an etui, a tweezer-case. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments

etui1611

tweeze1622

puppeta1625

tweezer1654

tweezer-case1686

twee1690

bubble-boy1727

nécessaire1800

poppeta1903

caddy1976

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 His signe..is as attractive as..his Plaister-box (if he be a Chyron too) or if not, as his Tweezer.

1745 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 34/2 They admired my tweeser, and the trinkets in it.

1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 22. (1748) IV. 187 Her maid..went privately away in the night, taking with her..her watch, tweezer, a diamond solitaire, and several other trinkets.

2. = tweezers n. 2; also attributive formed like tweezers.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > small

pincette?1533

twitcher?a1549

tweezers1654

pair of tuckers1658

tweezer1904

1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. iv. 105 His hand upon the tweezer of his balance weights.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Nov. 4/2 Vertical springs in front and half-‘tweezer’ cross-springs in the rear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

tweezerv.

Etymology: < tweezers n.: compare tweezers n. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtweezer.

intransitive. To use tweezers; transitive to pull out with tweezers; also to pinch or pluck with or as with tweezers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > with tweezers

mulleta1644

tweezer1848

tweeze1932

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > nip or pinch

twingec1000

pinchc1230

pranglec1300

nip1381

nipe1440

hinch1590

nipskin1620

pincer1864

tweezer1911

1848 in Q. Rev. Mar. 446 A hero..who when he has ‘tweezered out the slender blossom of manhood that lives on his lip and cheek’, passes well for a tall young lady.

1911 Blackwood's Mag. July 48/2 If he halted he was tweezered into activity again.

Derivatives

ˈtweezering n.

ΚΠ

1806 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 146 There is less micrology, less tweezering at trifles, in his erudition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tweezer
释义	tweezern. Forms: Also 1700s tweeser. Etymology: < tweeze n., or twees, tweeze plural of twee n.¹ Also, in modern use, a back-formation < tweezers n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtweezer. †1. A case of small instruments; an etui, a tweezer-case. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for small objects or instruments etui1611 tweeze1622 puppeta1625 tweezer1654 tweezer-case1686 twee1690 bubble-boy1727 nécessaire1800 poppeta1903 caddy1976 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 His signe..is as attractive as..his Plaister-box (if he be a Chyron too) or if not, as his Tweezer. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 34/2 They admired my tweeser, and the trinkets in it. 1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 22. (1748) IV. 187 Her maid..went privately away in the night, taking with her..her watch, tweezer, a diamond solitaire, and several other trinkets. 2. = tweezers n. 2; also attributive formed like tweezers. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > small pincette?1533 twitcher?a1549 tweezers1654 pair of tuckers1658 tweezer1904 1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. iv. 105 His hand upon the tweezer of his balance weights. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Nov. 4/2 Vertical springs in front and half-‘tweezer’ cross-springs in the rear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). tweezerv. Etymology: < tweezers n.: compare tweezers n. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtweezer. intransitive. To use tweezers; transitive to pull out with tweezers; also to pinch or pluck with or as with tweezers. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > with tweezers mulleta1644 tweezer1848 tweeze1932 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > nip or pinch twingec1000 pinchc1230 pranglec1300 nip1381 nipe1440 hinch1590 nipskin1620 pincer1864 tweezer1911 1848 in Q. Rev. Mar. 446 A hero..who when he has ‘tweezered out the slender blossom of manhood that lives on his lip and cheek’, passes well for a tall young lady. 1911 Blackwood's Mag. July 48/2 If he halted he was tweezered into activity again. Derivatives ˈtweezering n. ΚΠ 1806 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 146 There is less micrology, less tweezering at trifles, in his erudition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1654v.1806
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