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] *1. An outer or upper garment. "Another of the Pharisaic all sorte goyng in a white wede ."- Udall : Luke xix. *2. Any garment; an article of dre ; dre . "They who, to be sure of Paradise, Dying put on the weeds of Dominic." Milton: P. L., iii. 479. 3. An article of dre worn in token of mourning; mourning-dre ; mourning. (Now only used in the plural, and applied specifically to the mourning dre of a widow.) weed (3), s. [Etym. doubtful.] 1. A general name for any sudden illne from cold or relapse, usually accompanied by febrile symptoms, which attacks females after confinement or during nursing. ( Scotch .) 2. A similar disease in horses. "It is well known that an ordinary case of strangles or nasal gleet is often reported as glanders, and a common attack of weed as farcy."- Field , Dec. 17, 1887. weed, *wead, *wed-en, *weede, v. t. & i. [WEED (1), s.; Dut. wieden; Low Ger. weden.] A. Transitive: 1 To free from weeds or noxious and usele plants; to clear away the weeds from; to clear of weeds. "Founde hym weadyng of hys grounde."- Brende : Quintus Curtius, p. 50. 2. To take away, as weeds or noxious plants; to remove what is injurious, offensive, or unseemly; to extirpate. IMG:content-0763.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To pick out and reject, as usele , offensive, or injurious. B. In trans.: To root up and clear away weeds from any ground. "There are a great number of negro slaves brought from other parts of the world, some of which are continu ally weeding, pruning, and looking after it." -Dampier: Voyages (an. 1691).