Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jew \Jew\, n. [OF. Juis, pl., F. Juif, L. Judaeus, Gr. ?, fr. ?
   the country of the Jews, Judea, fr. Heb. Y?h?d[=a]h Judah,
   son of Jacob. Cf. {Judaic}.]
   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.

   {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 the Savior during his passion, is doomed to
      wander on the earth till Christ's second coming.

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.

            He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
                                                  --Ecclus.
                                                  xiii. 1.

   2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}.

   {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.