Weed hook, a hook used for cutting away or extirpating weeds. Tusser.
Weed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Weeding.] [AS.
weódian. See 3d Weed.]
1. To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or
onions; to weed a garden.
2. To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to
extirpate. "Weed up thyme." Shak.
Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill things.
Ascham.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to,
the more ought law to weed it out.
Bacon.