tweeze
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tweese, Tweeze (twēz), noun
Origin: OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F. étuis, pl. of étui a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. stūhha, G. stauche a short and narrow muff. Cf Etui, Tweezers.
A surgeon's case of instruments. James Howell
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54