Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tweese \Tweese\, Tweeze \Tweeze\, n. [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F.
   ['e]tuis, pl. of ['e]tui a case, sheath, box; probably of
   Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which
   articles could be carried, OHG. st[=u]hha, G. stauche a short
   and narrow muff. Cf {Etui}, {Tweezers}.]
   A surgeon's case of instruments. --Howell.