'Jew's pitch' definitions:

Definition of 'Jew's pitch'

From: GCIDE
  • Jew \Jew\ (j[=u] or j[udd]; 277), n. [OF. Juis, pl., F. Juif, L. Judaeus, Gr. 'Ioydai^os, fr. 'Ioydai`a the country of the Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. Y[e^]h[=u]d[=a]h Judah, son of Jacob. Cf. Judaic.]
  • 1. Originally, one belonging to the tribe or kingdom of Judah; after the return from the Babylonish captivity, any member of the new state; a Hebrew; an Israelite. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An adherent of Judaism. [PJC]
  • Jew's frankincense, gum styrax, or benzoin.
  • Jew's mallow (Bot.), an annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a pot herb, and in India for its fiber.
  • Jew's pitch, asphaltum; bitumen.
  • The Wandering Jew, an imaginary personage, who, for his cruelty to Christ during his passion, is doomed to wander on the earth till Christ's second coming.
  • Wandering Jew, any of several house plants of the genera Zebrina and Tradescantia having white-striped leaves, especially the creeping plants Zebrina pendula and Tradescantia fluminensis. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Jew's pitch'

From: GCIDE
  • Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
  • 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. [1913 Webster]
  • He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone. [1913 Webster]
  • Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri.
  • Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.
  • Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum.
  • Jew's pitch, bitumen.
  • Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.
  • Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.
  • Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster.
  • Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America. [1913 Webster]