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• Jew

  ·noun Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babyloni...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Jew

  same as Judah ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Jew

  The name derived from the patriarch Judah, at first given to one belonging to the tribe of Judah or ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• jew

  1) An over-reaching dealer, or hard, sharp fellow; an extortioner: the brokers formerly behind St. C...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Jew

  (a man of Judea). This name was properly applied to a member of the kingdom of Judah after the separ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bail

  ·noun Custody; keeping. II. Bail ·noun A certain limit within a forest. III. Bail ·noun A division...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bail

  I. n. «A framework for securing the head ofa cow while she is milked.» (`O.E.D.') This word, mark...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bail

  (Fr. baille.) The handle of a pail, bucket, or kettle.--Forby's Glossary. A common word throughout N...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bail

  A surety. The cargo of a captured or detained vessel is not allowed to be taken on bail before adjud...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• jew-fish

  n. a name applied in New South Walesto two or more different species, Sciaena antarctica,Castln., a...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• jew-lizard

  n. a large Australian lizard, Amiphibolurus barbatus, Cuv.; called also BeardedLizard. 1847. L. Le...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• jew-balance

  A Mediterranean name of the Zygæna malleus, or hammer-headed shark. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bail bond

  ·- Special bail in court to abide the judgment. II. Bail bond ·- A bond or obligation given by a pr...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• buck bail

  Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• queer bail

  Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bail up

  v. 1) To secure the head of a cow in abail for milking. 2) By transference, to stop travellers in ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• leg bail

  To give leg bail, is to run away.--Grose. Sae weel's he'd fley the student's a', Whan they were sk...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bail-bond

  The obligation entered into by sureties. Also when a person appears as proxy for the master of a ves...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• leg-bail

  Dishonest desertion from duty. The phrase is not confined to its nautical bearing. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• silver jew-fish

  n. a New South Wales name forthe young of the fish called Teraglin, or of the true Jew-fish (q.v.);...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris