Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHIT'TAH, or SHIT'TIM
SHIST'IC, or SHIST'OUSSHIT'TLE
SHIT'TAH, or SHIT'TIM, n.
In Scripture, a sort of precious wood of which the tables, altars and boards of the tabernacle were made among the Jews. The wood is said to be hard, tough and smooth, and very beautiful. – Calmet.
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