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Weed hook

Weed \Weed\, n. [OE. weed, weod, AS. we['o]d, wi['o]d, akin to OS. wiod, LG. woden the stalks and leaves of vegetables D. wieden to weed, OS. wiod[=o]n.]

  1. Underbrush; low shrubs. [Obs. or Archaic]

    One rushing forth out of the thickest weed.
    --Spenser.

    A wild and wanton pard . . . Crouched fawning in the weed.
    --Tennyson.

  2. Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.

    Too much manuring filled that field with weeds.
    --Denham.

    Note: The word has no definite application to any particular plant, or species of plants. Whatever plants grow among corn or grass, in hedges, or elsewhere, and are useless to man, injurious to crops, or unsightly or out of place, are denominated weeds.

  3. Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

  4. (Stock Breeding) An animal unfit to breed from.

  5. Tobacco, or a cigar. [Slang]

    Weed hook, a hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds.
    --Tusser.

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weed hook

n. A hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds.