kosher

kosher
    adj 1: conforming to dietary laws; "kosher meat"; "a kosher
           kitchen" [syn: {kosher}, {cosher}]
    2: proper or legitimate
    n 1: food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
    

Kosher \Ko"sher\, a. [heb. kosh["e]r fit, proper.]
   1. Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to
      food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the
      requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to {tref}. For food to
      be officially kosher, it must be certified fit to eat by a
      Rabbi, according to Jewish ritual law; as, kosher food.
      Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such
      food is sold or used; as, a kosher restaurant.

   Syn: cosher, ritually fit, sanctioned.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. Hence: Proper; seemly; appropriate; legitimate; as, it's
      not kosher to do it that way. [colloq.]
      [PJC]

   3. Genuine. [colloq.]
      [PJC]
    

Kosher \Ko"sher\, n.
   Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. the practise of adherence to the Jewish ritual law; used
      mostly in the phrase

   {keep kosher}, v. i..
      [PJC]

   {keep kosher} To adhere to the rules for eating only kosher
      food and handling it properly.
      [PJC]
    

Kosher \Ko"sher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Koshered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Koshering}.]
   To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish
   law, as meat.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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      uptight, valid, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened,
      within the law