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A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment. "Lowweeds." Spenser. "Woman's weeds." Shak. "This beggar woman's weed." Tennyson. He on his bed sat, the soft weeds he wore Put off. Chapman.

One who, or that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious.

Weeds, collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growing weeds. [R.] Dr. H. More.

a. & n. from Weed, v. Weeding chisel, a tool with a divided chisel-like end, for cutting the roots of large weeds under ground. -- Weeding forceps, an instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding. -- Weeding fork, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in clearing ground of weeds; -- called also weeding iron.…

A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer fallows. [Prov. Eng.]

Free from weeds or noxious matter.

Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. "Weedy trophies." Shak.

Goutweed.

A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson.

Goutweed (Ægopodium podagraria).

A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiæfolia); Roman worm wood. Gray.

A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel.

A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

Knapweed. Prior.

An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

See Cleavers.

The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

The name of several caryophyllaseous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.

Cocklebur.