jewing

See also: Jewing

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -uːɪŋ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jewing

  1. present participle and gerund of jew
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