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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weeding}.] [AS. we[a2]dian. See 3d {Weed}.] 1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden. 2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate. [bd]Weed up thyme.[b8] --Shak. Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill things. --Ascham. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. --Bacon. 3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive. He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to Elaiana. --Howell. 4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes. | |
