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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kosher \Ko"sher\, noun 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}, verb (used without an object). [PJC]
{keep kosher} To adhere to the rules for eating only kosher food and handling it properly. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kosher \Ko"sher\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kosher \Ko"sher\, adjective [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. Proper; seemly; appropriate; legitimate; as, it's not kosher to do it that way. [colloq.] [PJC]
3. Genuine. [colloq.] [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
kosher
adjective
1: conforming to dietary laws; "kosher meat"; "a kosher kitchen" [syn: {cosher}]
2: proper or legitimate
noun: food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "kosher": accordant, according to Hoyle, actionable, anal, applicable, appropriate, authorized, bleached, bourgeois, bright, clean, cleanly, comestible, competent, compulsive, concordant, condign, conformist, constitutional, conventional, correct, corresponding, dainty, decent, decorous, delicious, dirt-free, due, eatable, edible, esculent, fair, fastidious, fit, fitting, formalistic, fresh, good, gustable, harmonious, immaculate, in accord, in keeping, in line, in step, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licit, nice, nonpolluted, normal, normative, of cleanly habits, orthodox, palatable, pedantic, plastic, precisianistic, proper, pure, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, ritually pure, sanctioned, savory, seemly, shiny, smut-free, smutless, spotless, square, stainless, statutory, straight, stuffy, succulent, suitable, sweet, tahar, traditionalist, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, undefiled, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, uptight, valid, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened, within the law
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