WEE Wee, n. Etym: [OE. we a bit, in a little we, probably originally meaning, a little way, the word we for wei being later taken as synonymous with little. See Way.]
Defn: A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. or
Scot.]
WEE
Wee, a.
Defn: Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.]
A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. Shak.
WEECH-ELM
Weech"-elm`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The wych-elm. [Obs.] Bacon.
WEED Weed, n. Etym: [OE. wede, AS. w, w; akin to OS. wadi, giwadi, OFries, w, w, OD. wade, OHG. wat, Icel. va, Zend vadh to clothe.]
1. A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.
"Lowweeds." Spenser. "Woman's weeds." Shak. "This beggar woman's
weed." Tennyson.
He on his bed sat, the soft weeds he wore Put off. Chapman.
2. An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds. In a mourning weed, with ashes upon her head, and tears abundantly flowing. Milton.
WEED
Weed, n.