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Weed \Weed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weeding.] [AS. we['o]dian. See 3d Weed.]
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1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to
weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
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2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something
hurtful; to extirpate; -- commonly used with out; as, to
weed out inefficiency from an enterprise. "Weed up thyme."
--Shak.
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Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill
things. --Ascham.
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more
man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it
out. --Bacon.
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3. To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
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He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to
Elaiana. --Howell.
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4. (Stock Breeding) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
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