King James Bible Dictionary

WEED, noun

1. The general name of any plant that is useless or noxious. The word therefore has no definite application to any particular plant or species of plants; but whatever plants grow among corn, grass, or in hedges, and which are either of no use to man or injurious to crops, are denominated weeds.

2. Any kind of unprofitable substance among ores in mines, as mundic or marcasite.

WEED, noun

1. Properly, a garment, as in Spenser, but now used only in the plural, weeds, for the mourning apparel of a female; as a widows weeds.

2. An upper garment.

WEED, verb transitive

1. To free from noxious plants; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.

2. To take away, as noxious plants; as, to weed a writing of invectives.

3. To free from any thing hurtful or offensive; as, to weed a kingdom of bad subjects.

4. To root out vice; as, to weed the hearts of the young.

WEEDED, participle passive Freed from weeds or whatever is noxious.

WEEDER, noun One that weeds or frees from any thing noxious.

WEED-HOOK, WEEDING-HOOK, noun [weed and hook.] A hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds.

Matthew 13:28

WEEDING, participle present tense Freeing from weeds or whatever is noxious to growth.

WEEDING, noun The operation of freeing from noxious weeds, as a crop.

WEEDING-CHISEL, noun S as z. A tool with a divided chisel point, for cutting the roots of large weeds within the ground.

WEEDING-FORCEPS, WEEDING-TONGS, noun An instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding.

WEEDING-FORK, noun A strong three-pronged fork, used in cleaning ground of weeds.

WEED-HOOK, WEEDING-HOOK noun [weed and hook.] A hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds.

WEEDING-RHIM, noun An implement somewhat like the frame of a wheel-barrow, used for tearing up weeds on summer fallows, etc.; used in Kent, England.

WEEDING-FORCEPS, WEEDING-TONGS noun An instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding.

WEEDLESS, adjective Free from weeds or noxious matter.

WEEDY, adjective

1. Consisting of weeds; as weedy trophies.

2. Abounding with weeds; as weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.