Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WEED
WEED, v.t. [Sax. weodian; D. weeden.]
- To free from noxious plants; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
- To take away, as noxious plants; as, to weed a writing of invectives.
- To free from any thing hurtful or offensive; as, to weed a kingdom of bad subjects.
- To root out vice; us, to weed the hearts of the young. – Locke. Ascham.
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