Jew

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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

  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

• jew bail

  Insufficient bail: commonly Jews, who for a sum of money will bail any action whatsoever, and justif...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• 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