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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Z. p. 1536Z. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, and the last letter in the alphabets of most modern languages. It is a sibilant consonant, and is merely a sonant or vocal s. See Principles of…Zā, n. p. 1536(Mus.) The seventh harmonic, as heard in the horn, or æolian string;—so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false note, but is the true note of the chord of the seventh. Poole.Zā'ba-īsm, n. p. 1536The same as SABIANISM, q. v.Zā'e'cho, n. p. 1536(Arch.) The lowest part of the pedestal of a column.Zāf'fer, n. p. 1536(Chem.) Impure oxide of cobalt; the residuum of cobalt, after the sulphur, arsenic, and other volatile matters have been expelled by calcination, being a gray or dark-gray substance, consisting of…Zaīm, n. p. 1536A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name. Smart.Zāïm'et, n. p. 1536A district whence a Zaim draws his revenue. Smart.Zāin, n. p. 1536A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots. Smart.Zăm’bo, n. p. 1536The child of a mulatto and a negro; a sambo; also, sometimes, the child of an Indian and a negro.Zā′mi-ă, n. p. 1536(Bot.) A genus of plants, possessing nearly equal affinities with palms and tree-ferns, and bearing heads of flowers like pine-cones.Zā'mite, n. p. 1536(Paleon.) A fossil plant of the genus Zamia. Brande.Zān'te-wood, n. p. 1536(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Rhus (R. cotinus). (b.) A plant of the genus Chloroxylon (C. Swietenia). Simmonds.Zăn′ti-ot, n. p. 1536(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Zante.Zā'ny, n. p. 1536A merry-andrew; a buffoon. “Preacher at once and zany of thy age.” Pope. Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy debtor, thy fool, thy zany. Donne.Zā'ny, v. t. p. 1536To mimic. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Zā'ny-ïsm, n. p. 1536The state or character of a zany.Zāph'a-rā, n. p. 1536A mineral used by potters to produce a blue tint or sky-color in their wares; zaffer.Zăp'o-tĭl'lă, n. p. 1536See SAPOTILLA.Zär'nich, n. p. 1536Native sulphuret of arsenic; sandarach or realgar; orpiment.Zāx, n. p. 1536An instrument for cutting slate.Zā'gat, n. p. 1536A Burman caravansary, or resting-place for travelers.Zē'ia, n. p. 1536A genus of plants of which only two species are known, namely, Z. mays and Z. caragua. The former is common Indian corn; the latter is quite different as respects the ear and seeds.Zēal, n. p. 1536Passionate ardor in the pursuit of any thing; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness. “Ambition varnished o’er with zeal.” Milton. “Zeal, the blind conductor…Zēal, v. i. p. 1536To be zealous. [Obs. and rare.]Zēal'ant, n. p. 1536One who is zealous; a zealot or enthusiast. [Obs. and rare.] To certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious. Bacon.Zēaled, p. a. p. 1536Full of zeal; characterized by zeal. [Obs.] “Zealed religion.” Beau. & Fl.Zēal'less, a. p. 1536Wanting zeal. Hammond.Zēal′ot, n. p. 1536One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion…Zea-lôt'ic-al, a. p. 1536Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. [Rare.]Zēal'ot-ism, n. p. 1536The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry. [Rare.]Zēal'ot-ist, n. p. 1536A zealot. [Obs.]Zēal'ot-ry, n. p. 1536The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the…Zēal'ous, a. p. 1536Filled with zeal; warmly engaged or ardent in behalf of an object. Being thus saved himself, he may be zealous in the salvation of souls. Law.Zēal'ōus-ly, adv. p. 1536In a zealous manner; with passionate ardor; with eagerness. It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing. Gal. iv. 18. 2. Religiously. [Obs. and rare.] A father or a brother may be…Zēal'oüs-ness, n. p. 1536The state or quality of being zealous; zeal.Zē'bee, n. p. 1536The same as XEBEC. See XEBEC.Zē'bră, n. p. 1536(Zoöl.) A solidungulate mammal (the Equus zebra), a quadruped of Southern Africa, nearly as large as a horse, white, with numerous brownish-black bands of greater or less intensity, and lighter down…Zē'brā-wood, n. p. 1536A kind of wood from South America, used in cabinet-making, having stripes of brown and black on a white ground, resembling those of a zebra. It is obtained from the Omphalobium Lamberti.Zē'bū, n. p. 1536(Zoöl.) A ruminant mammal of the bovine tribe (the Bos Indicus), small in size, and remarkable for its long, pendulous ears, and a fatty excrescence or hump on the shoulders, which is valued for…Zē'bub, n. p. 1536(Entom.) A large, noxious fly of Abyssinia.Zē'chin, n. p. 1536An Italian gold coin; a sequin. See SEQUIN.Zēch'stein, n. p. 1536(Geol.) A magnesian limestone of the Permian period. Dana.Zēd, n. p. 1536The letter Z;— called also izzard. [Obs.] Shak.Zēd'o-a-ry, n. p. 1536(Med.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste, used in medicine as a stimulant. ☞ It is the root of a species of Cucuma, and…Zē'ine, n. p. 1536(Chem.) The gluten of maize; a substance of a yellowish color, soft, insipid, and elastic, procured from the seeds of the Zea mays, or Indian corn. Gorham.Zēm'in-dār', n. p. 1536A feudatory or landholder under the government, with the right of underletting the land, and certain other privileges, leading to much oppression. [India.] Malcom.Zēm’in-da-ry, n. p. 1536The jurisdiction of a zemindar.Zēm'-zēm, n. p. 1536The holy well in Mecca.Ze-nā'nā, n. p. 1536The part of a dwelling appropriated to women in the East Indies. Burke.Zēnd, n. p. 1536Properly, the translation into the Huzvāresh, or Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian scriptures; as commonly used, the language, an ancient Persian dialect, in which the Avesta is…Zēnd' a-vĕs'tā, n. p. 1536The Scriptures of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but in fact chiefly or altogether of a later date.Zēn'dīk, n. p. 1536An atheist or unbeliever;—a name given, in the East, to those charged with atheism, or rather with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies. Brande.Zē'nik, n. p. 1536(Zoöl.) A certain African quadruped; the suricate. See SURICATE.Zē'nith, n. p. 1536That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead;—opposed to nadir. From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A…Zē'nith-al, a. p. 1536Of, or pertaining to, the zenith. “The deep zenithal blue.” Tyndall.Zē'o-lite, n. p. 1536(Min.) A mineral species in the early works on mineralogy, now subdivided into several, both on chemical and crystallographical grounds. Some of them are stilbite, natrolite, apophyllite, scolecite…Zē'o-lit'ic, a. p. 1536Of, or pertaining to, zeolite; consisting of zeolite, or resembling it.Zē'o-lit'i-fōrm, a. p. 1536Having the form of zeolite.Zēph'yr, n. p. 1536The west wind; and poetically, any soft, mild, gentle breeze. As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet. Shak. Zephyr cloth, a kind of kerseymere made in Belgium; a water-proof fabric.—Zephyr…Zēph'y-rŭs, n. p. 1536The west wind, or zephyr;—personified by the poets, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities. Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes. Milton.