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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Zinc-ōg'ra-phy, n.p. 1537Engraving on zinc in the style of wood-cuts. Dana.
  2. Zinc'ōus, a.p. 1537Of, or pertaining to, zinc; pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive. Graham.
  3. Zĭnc'-vĭt'ri-ol, n.p. 1537(Chem.) Sulphate of zinc; white vitriol.
  4. Zĭnc'-whīte, n.p. 1537The oxide of zinc, a pigment largely used in the place of white-lead, being free from poisonous qualities. Simmonds.
  5. Zĭnk, n.p. 1537See ZINC.
  6. Zĭnk'en-īte, n.p. 1537(Min.) A steel-gray ore of antimony and lead. Dana.
  7. Zĭnk'y, a.p. 1537Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance. [Obs.] [Written also zincky.] Some effervesce with acids, some not, though soluble therein as to the zinky part. Kirwan. The zinky ores are said to be…
  8. Zin'zi-ber-ā'ceōs, a.p. 1537Of, pertaining to, or relating to, ginger, or the ginger tree; — applied especially to a natural order of endogens found in the tropics. Smart.
  9. Zi'ōn, n.p. 1537(Jewish Antiq.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city, became the royal residence of David and his successors. 2. Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.
  10. Zir'con, n.p. 1537(Min.) A mineral containing the earth zirconia and silica, occurring in square prisms with pyramidal terminations of a brown or gray color, occasionally red, and often nearly transparent. A red…
  11. Zir-cō'ni-ā, n.p. 1537(Chem.) An oxide of zirconium, discovered by Klaproth, in the year 1789, in the zircon of Ceylon. It is, when pure, a white powder, soluble in sulphuric acid, but not in the other acids.
  12. Zir'con-īte, n.p. 1537(Min.) A variety of zircon, of a grayish or brownish color, and frequently rough and opaque. Dana.
  13. Zir-cō'ni-ūm, n.p. 1537(Chem.) A metal obtained from the minerals zircon and hyacinth. It was first obtained by Berzelius in 1824; but Davy had previously rendered its existence quite probable. It is commonly obtained in…
  14. Zith'ern, n.p. 1537(Mus.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has twenty-eight strings, and is placed on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it.
  15. Zi-zā'ni-ā, n.p. 1537(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the wild rice.
  16. Zīz'el, n.p. 1537(Zoöl.) A rodent mammal of the genus Arctomys; the suslik. See SUSLIK. [Written also zisel.]
  17. Zo-ān’thia, n.p. 1537(Zoöl.) A genus of polyps having many arms, and not secreting a stony stem, but developing by creeping shoots. Dana.
  18. Zō'ō-an-thā'rī-ā, n. pl.p. 1537(Zoöl.) A portion of the great class of zoophytes, including the actiniæ and the corals. [Rare.] Baird.
  19. Zo-ăn’thro-py, n.p. 1537A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.
  20. Zōc'eo or Zōc'eo-lo or Zō'cle or Zōc'le, n.p. 1537(Arch.) A socle. See SOCLE.
  21. Zō′di-āc, n.p. 1537(Astron.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16° or 18° broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun’s path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which once constituted, and from which are…
  22. Zo-dĭ'aç-al, a.p. 1537Of, or pertaining to, the zodiac; within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets. Zodiacal light (Astron.), a luminous track, of an elongated, triangular figure, lying nearly in the ecliptic, its base…
  23. Zō'hār, n.p. 1537A Jewish book of cabalistic commentaries on Scripture. Brande.
  24. Zo-īl'e-an, a.p. 1537Having the characteristic of Zōīlus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.
  25. Zō'i-lĭsm, n.p. 1537Character like that of Zoïlus; resemblance to Zoïlus in style or manner. Bring candid eyes to the perusal of men's works, and let not Zoïlism or detraction blast well-intended labors. Browne.
  26. Zois'ite, n.p. 1537(Min.) A grayish or whitish mineral, related to epidote. Dana.
  27. Zōll'ver-eīn, n.p. 1537An agreement or union among the German states, for the collection of custom-house duties.
  28. Zō'nar, n.p. 1537A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant are obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans. [Written also zomar.]
  29. Zōne, n.p. 1537A girdle. An embroidered zone surrounds her waist. Dryden. Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound. Collins. 2. (Geog.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude…
  30. Zōned, a.p. 1538Wearing a zone or zones. Pope. 2. Having zones, or concentric bands.
  31. Zōne'less, a.p. 1538Not having a zone. “That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist.” Cowper. Closed was her eye, and from her heaving breast, In careless folds, loose fell her zoneless vest. Mason.
  32. Zŏn'nar, n.p. 1538See ZONAR.
  33. Zōn'ū-lar, a.p. 1538Zone-shaped; as, the zonular placenta. 2. Having reference to, or conformity with, a zone or ring; as, the zonular type of a placenta. Dana.
  34. Zōn'ūle, n.p. 1538A little zone or girdle.
  35. Zō-o-chēm'ic-al, a.p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animal chemistry. Dunglison.
  36. Zo-öch'e-my, n.p. 1538Animal chemistry. Dunglison.
  37. Zō'ō-gēn'ic, a.p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animal production.
  38. Zo-ōg'e-ny or Zo-ōg'o-ny, n.p. 1538The doctrine of the formation of living beings.
  39. Zo-ŏg'ra-pher, n.p. 1538One who describes animals, their forms, and habits.
  40. Zōö-graph'ic or Zōö-graph'ic-al, a.p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, the description of animals.
  41. Zo-ög'ra-phist, n.p. 1538A zoögrapher. [Rare.]
  42. Zo-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 1538A description of animals, their forms, and habits.
  43. Zō'oid, n.p. 1538(Nat. Hist.) (a.) An organic cell having locomotion like a true animal, as a spermatic cell, or spermatozoid. (b.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development. (c.) One of the individual…
  44. Zo-ŏl'a-try, n.p. 1538The worship of animals.
  45. Zō'o-lite, n.p. 1538An animal substance petrified or fossil. [Obs.] Morin.
  46. Zo-ö'l'o-ger, n.p. 1538A zoölogist. [Obs.] Boyle.
  47. Zō'o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoölogy, or the science of animals.
  48. Zō'o-lŏg'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 1538In a zoölogical manner; according to the principles of zoölogy.
  49. Zo-ŏl'o-ğist, n.p. 1538One who is well versed in the natural history of animals, or who describes animals.
  50. Zo-öl'o-gy, n.p. 1538That part of natural history which treats of the classification, structure, habits, and habitations of animals.
  51. Zō'ō-môrph'ism, n.p. 1538The transformation of men into beasts. [Rare.] Smart.
  52. Zo-ŏn'ic, a.p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animals; obtained from animal substances.
  53. Zō'o-nite, n.p. 1538(Physiol.) (a.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. (b.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.
  54. Zo-ŏn'o-my, n.p. 1538The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.
  55. Zo-ŏph'a-gan, n.p. 1538(Zoöl.) An animal that feeds on animal food.
  56. Zo-ōph'a-goŭs, a.p. 1538Feeding on animals.
  57. Zō'o-phite, n.p. 1538A zoöphyte. See ZOOPHYTE. [R.]
  58. Zō'ö-phōr'ic, a.p. 1538Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoöphoric column is one which supports the figure of an animal.
  59. Zo-öph'o-rüs, n.p. 1538(Anc. Arch.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; — so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.
  60. Zō'o-phȳte, n.p. 1538(Zoöl.) One of a certain division of animals; — a general term, applied to simple polyps, and compound individuals consisting of many polyps united together, as in most corals. They often branch like…