Pl. zuzim; also zuzees. [Rabbinical Heb. zūz.] A silver coin anciently in use among the Jews, the fourth part of a silver shekel.
1688. Holme, Armoury, III. 25/2. A Zuz or Zuzim shekil.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Zuzak, an ancient Hebrew silver coin, worth about 6d.
1877. C. Geikie, Christ, xxxvi. A blow on the ear was variously set at the fine of a shilling or a pound: a blow on the one check at two hundred zuzees.
