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jewing

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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In allusion to the curvation stereotypically associated with the noses of Jews.[1]

Noun

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jewing (plural jewings)

  1. 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
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “jewing”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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jewing

  1. present participle and gerund of jew
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