tzitzit. the fringes or tassels worn by Orthodox Jewish men, formerly on the corners of the outer garment, now on the four corners of the tallit: Deut. 22:12. Yiddish tsitses; from Classical Hebrew (language) tsitsit, tassel (interpreted as plural in Yiddish) ; from tsits, blossom; from root cc, to blossom, bloom.r ziÂ·zith. plural noun. 1  The knotted tassels of thread, symbolizing the 613 commandments in the Hebrew Scriptures, attached to the corners of a tallit or other garment. 2  An undergarment bearing these tassels, worn by men or boys. 3  Used with a singular verb.
slaughterhouse meaning, definition, what is slaughterhouse: a place where animals are killed for their meat. Learn more.
To butcher an animal means to kill it and cut it up for meat. Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling. You can refer to someone as a butcher when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust. [disapproval] Klaus Barbie was known in France as the Butcher of Lyon.