Shittah

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shittah \Shit"tah\, Shittah tree \Shit"tah tree`\, n. [Heb.
     shitt[=a]h, pl. shitt[imac]m.]
     A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark,
     tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were
     made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the {Acacia
     Seyal}, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in


     color.
     [1913 Webster] Shittim

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shittah
       n : source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably
           a species of Acacia [syn: {shittah tree}]
       [also: {shittim} (pl)]