jewing
See also: Jewing
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editIn allusion to the curvation stereotypically associated with the noses of Jews.[1]
Noun
editjewing (plural jewings)
- The carunculation of the base of the beak of some varieties of the domestic pigeon; the lobes or wattles of the lower mandible, often in the form of three small fleshy processes, one at each side and a third beneath and before the others.[1]
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “jewing”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editjewing
- present participle and gerund of jew