Jew

jōō, n. an inhabitant of Judea: a Hebrew or Israelite: opprobriously used for a usurer, miser, .:— fem. Jew′e .— v.t. and v.i. ( coll. ) to overreach: cheat.— n. Jew′-bait′ing , the persecuting of Jews.— adj. Jew′ish , belonging to the Jews.— adv. Jew′ishly .— ns. Jew′ishne ; Jew's′-ear , a fungus that grows on the elder, and bears some resemblance to the human ear; Jew's' frank′incense , the balsam known as benzoin or gum storax, often used as an incense; Jew's′-harp , a small harp-shaped musical instrument played between the teeth by striking a spring with the finger; Jew's′-mall′ow , a plant much cultivated as a pot-herb by the Jews in Syria; Jew's′-myr′tle , the prickly-leaved plant Ruscus aculeatus; Jew's′-pitch , asphaltum; Jew's′-stone , the fo il spine of a large echinus or sea hedgehog.— Jew's eye , in proverb 'Worth a Jew's eye,' something of high value—from the custom of torturing Jews for money; Jews' houses , in Cornwall, the name given to prehistoric miners' dwellings.— Wandering Jew (see Wander ). [O. Fr. Juis —L. Judæus —Gr. Ioudaios —Heb. Yehūdāh , Judah.]