WEED

weed. Weed, n. useless herb, mourning dress, veil

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Weed (?), n. [[OE. wede, AS. w�de, w�d; akin to OS. wādi, giwādi, OFries, w�de, w�d, OD. wade, OHG. wāt, Icel. vā�, Zend vadh to clothe.]] 1. 1. A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment. “Low�ly shepherd's weeds.” Spenser. “Woman's weeds.” Shak. “This beggar woman's weed.” Tennyson.
He on his bed sat, the soft weeds he wore Put off. Chapman. 2. 2. An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.
In a mourning weed, with ashes upon her head, and tears abundantly flowing. Milton.