n. A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An instrument, resembling diminutive tongs, for grasping and holding; intended for taking up very small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. Also called volsella.
Same as tweeze, 1.
Word Usage
"One is called tweezers, an 'is of no earthly use that I know of except to pull the hairs out o' your nose, which no man in his senses ever wants to do; and the other thing is, I suppose, for borin 'small holes in things -- it's almost as useless."