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+<p><-- Begin file 26 of 26: Letter Z (Version 0.46)
+
+ This file is part 26 of the GNU version of
+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
+ Also referred to as GCIDE
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+
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+
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+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+
+ This dictionary was derived from the
+ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
+ Version published 1913
+ by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
+ Springfield, Mass.
+ Under the direction of
+ Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.
+
+ and from
+ WordNet, a semantic network created by
+ the Cognitive Science Department
+ of Princeton University
+ under the direction of
+ Prof. George Miller
+
+ and is being updated and supplemented by
+ an open coalition of volunteer collaborators from
+ around the world.
+
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+ (908) 561-3416
+
+ Last edit January 17, 2002.
+
+--></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>Z.</point26></centered><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Z</hw> <pr>(z<emac/; <it>in England commonly, and in America sometimes</it>, z<ecr/d; <it>formerly, also</it>, <icr/z"z<ecr/rd)</pr> <def>Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to <xex>s</xex>, <xex>y</xex>, and <xex>j</xex>; as in gla<xex>ss</xex>, gla<xex>z</xex>e; E. <xex>y</xex>oke, Gr. <?/, L. <xex>y</xex>ugum; E. <xex>z</xex>ealous, <xex>j</xex>ealous. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 273, 274.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or \'91olian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.</def> <rj><au>H. W. Poole.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Za"ba*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Za"bism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Sabianism</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za"bi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>See <er>Sabian</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zac"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Zocco</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za*chun"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (<spn>Balanites \'92gyptiaca</spn>), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.</def> <rj><au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zaer"the</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Z<aum/rthe</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zaf"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>zafre</ets>, <ets>safre</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>zafra</ets>, <ets>safra</ets>, It. <ets>saffera</ets>, G. <ets>zaffer</ets>; all probably of Arabic origin. Cf. <er>Zaphara</er>.]</ety> <def>A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zaffre</asp>, and formerly <asp>zaffree</asp>, <asp>zaffar</asp>, <asp>zaffir</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zaim</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. & Ar. <ets>za'\'c6m</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.</def> <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zaim"et</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. & Ar. <ets>za'\'c6met</ets>.]</ety> <def>A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.</def> <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.</def> <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za*lamb"do*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a tribe (<spn>Zalambdodonta</spn>) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za*lamb"do*dont</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <spn>Zalambdodonta</spn>. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za*mang"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An immense leguminous tree (<spn>Pithecolobium Saman</spn>) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called <altname>rain tree</altname>.</def> <rj><au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zam"bo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Zambos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Sambo</er>.]</ety> <def>The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>zamia</ets> a kind of fir cone, from Gr. <?/, <?/, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See <er>Coontie</er>, and <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Strobile</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zam`in*dar"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>zem\'c6nd\'ber</ets>, <ets>zam\'c6nd\'ber</ets>, a landholder, Per. <ets>zam\'c6nd\'ber</ets>; <ets>zam\'c6n</ets> land <ets>d\'ber</ets> holding.]</ety> <def>A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zemindar</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[India]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Zam"in*da*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Zam"in*da*ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zemindary</asp>, <asp>zemindari</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za"mite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil cycad of the genus <gen>Zamia</gen>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za*mouse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From a native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West African buffalo (<spn>Bubalus brachyceros</spn>) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also <altname>short-horned buffalo</altname>, and <altname>bush cow</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zam*po"gna</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zampugna</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zan"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>zand</ets> sand.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European pike perch (<spn>Stizostedion lucioperca</spn>) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also <altname>sandari</altname>, <altname>sander</altname>, <altname>sannat</altname>, <altname>schill</altname>, and <altname>zant</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zand"mole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>zand</ets> sand. See <er>Sand</er>, and <er>Mole</er> the animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The sand mole.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zan"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Zantewood</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zan"te cur"rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from <ets>Zante</ets>, one of the Ionian Islands.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zan"te*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also <altname>zante</altname>, and <altname>zante fustic</altname>. See <er>Fustet</er>, and the Note under <er>Fustic</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Satinwood (<spn>Chloroxylon Swietenia</spn>).</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zan"ti*ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Zanies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It. <ets>zanni</ets> a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as <ets>Giovanni</ets> John, <it>i. e.</it>, merry John, L. <ets>Ioannes</ets>, Gr. <?/, Heb. <ets>Y\'d3kh\'ben\'ben</ets>, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. <ets>zani</ets>, fr. the Italian. Cf. <er>Jenneting</er>.]</ety> <def>A merry-andrew; a buffoon.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Then write that I may follow, and so be<br/
+Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy <qex>zany</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Donne.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Preacher at once, and <qex>zany</qex> of thy age.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 1678 --><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To mimic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Your part is acted; give me leave at distance<br/
+To <qex>zany</qex> it.</q> <rj><qau>Massinger.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za"ny*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or character of a zany; buffoonery.</def> <rj><au>Coleridge.</au> <au>H. Morley.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>zap</hw> <pr>(z<acr/p)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; <as>my TV set was <ex>zapped</ex> by lightning</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to bomb with an atomic bomb.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nuke, atomize.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>to cook or heat in a microwave oven.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> microwave, micro-cook, nuke.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric current, or other potentially destructive treatment.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>to skip over (<it>e. g.</it> a commercial or dull interval in a television program) by using the fast-forward button on a VCR remove control.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; -- usually used with <ptcl>up</ptcl>.</def> <au>[RHUD]</au><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za*pas"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ.]</ety> <def>See <er>Army organization</er>, above.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Za`pa*te"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>aceituna zapatera</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Olive trade)</fld> <def>A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition; loosely, an olive defective because of bruises, wormholes, or the like.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zaph"a*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Zaffer.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za*phren"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zap`o*til"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Sapodilla</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zap"ti*ah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Turkish policeman.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zaptieh</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Zar`a*thus"tri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Zar`a*thus"tric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.</def> <rj><au>Tylor.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zar`a*thus"trism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Zoroastrianism</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zar"a*tite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <ety>[Named after Gen. <ets>Zarata</ets> of Spain.]</ety> <def>A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also <altname>emerald nickel</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za*re"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zareeba</asp>, and <asp>zeriba</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Egypt]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>\'bdAh,\'b8 he moralizes, \'bdwhat wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a <qex>zareba</qex> like the troops after Osman Digma.\'b8</q> <rj><qau>R. Jefferies.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zarf</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>A metallic cuplike stand used for holding a finjan.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zar"nich</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Ar. <ets>az-zern\'c6kh</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Arsenic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Z\'84r"the</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European bream (<spn>Abramis vimba</spn>).</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>zaerthe</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zas*tru"gi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <plu>sing. <plw>-ga</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[Russ. <ets>zastruga</ets> furrow made on the shore by water.]</ety> <def>Grooves or furrows formed in snow by the action of the wind, and running parallel with the direction of the wind. This formation results from the erosion of transverse waves previously formed.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za"ti</hw> <pr>(z<aum/"t<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of macaque (<spn>Macacus pileatus</spn>) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also <altname>capped macaque</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zau*schne"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., named for <person>M. <etsep>Zauschner</etsep></person>, a Bohemian botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of flowering plants. <spn>Zauschneria Californica</spn> is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zax</hw> <pr>(z<acr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>sax</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Za"yat</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.</def> <mark>[Burmah]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Ze"a</hw> <pr>(z<emac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a kind of grain, fr. Gr. <grk>ze`a</grk>, <grk>zeia`</grk>; cf. Skr. <ets>yava</ets> barley.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (<spn>Zea Mays</spn>) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See <er>Maize</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal</hw> <pr>(z<emac/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>z\'8ale</ets>; cf. Pg. & It. <ets>zelo</ets>, Sp. <ets>zelo</ets>, <ets>celo</ets>; from L. <ets>zelus</ets>, Gr. <?/, probably akin to <?/ to boil. Cf. <er>Yeast</er>, <er>Jealous</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.</def> \'bdAmbition varnished o'er with <xex>zeal</xex>.\'b8 <au>Milton.</au> \'bd<xex>Zeal</xex>, the blind conductor of the will.\'b8 <au>Dryden.</au> \'bd<xex>Zeal's</xex> never-dying fire.\'b8 <au>Keble.</au><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>I bear them record that they have a <qex>zeal</qex> of God, but not according to knowledge.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. x. 2.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A <qex>zeal</qex> for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A zealot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be zealous.</def> <mark>[Obs. & R.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>To certain <qex>zealants</qex>, all speech of pacification is odious.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zealed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bd<xex>Zealed</xex> religion.\'b8 <rj><au>Beau. & Fl.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of zeal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wanting zeal.</def> <rj><au>Hammond.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>z\'82lote</ets>, L. <ets>zelotes</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Zeal</er>.]</ety> <def>One 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 to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>Zealots</qex> for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against <qex>zealots</qex> for the other.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Stephen.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent <qex>zealots</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zea*lot"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Strype.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ot*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ot*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A zealot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ot*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, <qex>zealotry</qex>, of the English; fanaticism, of the French.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zeal"ous</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>zelosus</ets>. See <er>Zeal</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>He may be <qex>zealous</qex> in the salvation of souls.</q> <rj><qau>Law.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Filled with religious zeal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Zeal"ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Zeal"ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"bec</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Xebec</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"bra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. <ets>zebra</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>cebra</ets>; probably from a native African name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ The true or mountain zebra (<spn>Equus zebra</spn> syn. <spn>Asinus zebra</spn>) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the body and legs are glossy black. Its tail has a tuft of black hair at the tip. It inhabits the mountains of <geog>Central and Southern Africa</geog>, and is noted for its wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness. The second species (<spn>Equus Burchellii</spn> syn. <spn>Asinus Burchellii</spn> or <spn>Equus quagga</spn>), known as <stype>Burchell's zebra</stype>, <stype>plains zebra</stype>, and <stype>dauw</stype>, is the most abundant, inhabiting the grassy plains of <geog>tropical and southern Africa</geog>, and differing from the preceding in not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered with long white flowing hair. Grevy's zebra (<spn>Equus grevyi</spn>) is distinct from the others in being placed in the subgenus <it>Dolichohippus</it>, whereas the plains and mountain zebras are placed in the subgenus <it>Hippotigris</it>. More on zebras can be found at:<br/
+ http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/zebra.html</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Zebra caterpillar</b></col>, <cd>the larva of an American noctuid moth (<spn>Mamestra picta</spn>). It is light yellow, with a broad black stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants.</cd> -- <col><b>Zebra opossum</b></col>, <cd>the zebra wolf. See under <er>Wolf</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Zebra parrakeet</b></col>, <cd>an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents; the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are blue. Called also <altname>canary parrot</altname>, <altname>scallop parrot</altname>, <altname>shell parrot</altname>, and <altname>undulated parrot</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Zebra poison</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a poisonous tree (<spn>Euphorbia arborea</spn>) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison.</cd> <au>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</au> -- <col><b>Zebra shark</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Tiger shark</cref>, under <er>Tiger</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Zebra spider</b></col>, <cd>a hunting spider.</cd> -- <col><b>Zebra swallowtail</b></col>, <cd>a very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly (<spn>Iphiclides ajax</spn>), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also <altname>ajax</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Zebra wolf</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Wolf</er>.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"bra*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (<spn>Connarus Guianensis</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (<spn>Eugenia fragrans</spn>).</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus <gen>Guettarda</gen>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"brine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze*brin"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-nies</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A cross between a male horse and a female zebra.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ze"bru*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ze"brule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cross between a male zebra and a female horse.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"bu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<?/. <ets>z\'82bu</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bovine mammal (<spn>Ros Indicus</spn>) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ Some of the varieties are used as beasts of burden, and some fore for riding, while others are raised for their milk and flesh. The Brahmin bull, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos, also belongs to this species. The male is called also <altname>Indian bull</altname>, <altname>Indian ox</altname>, <altname>Madras ox</altname>, and <altname>sacred bull</altname>.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"bub</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"chin</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Sequin</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zech"stein`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr., fr. <ets>zeche</ets> a mine + <ets>stein</ets> a stone.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., probably through It. <ets>zeta</ets>, fr. L. <ets>zeta</ets>. See <er>Zeta</er>.]</ety> <def>The letter <er>Z</er>; -- called also <altname>zee</altname>, and formerly <altname>izzard</altname>.</def> \'bd<xex>Zed</xex>, thou unnecessary letter!\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zed"o*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>z\'82doaire</ets>, LL. <ets>zedoaria</ets>; cf. It. <ets>zedoaria</ets>, <ets>zettovario</ets>, Pg. <ets>zedoaria</ets>, Sp. <ets>zedoaria</ets>, <ets>cedoaria</ets>; all fr. Ar. & Per. <ets>zedw<?/r</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ It is the rhizome of different species of <spn>Curcuma</spn>, esp. <spn>Curcuma zedoaria</spn>, and comes in short, firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled gray, ash-colored appearance, but within of a brownish red color. There are two kinds, round zedoary, and long zedoary.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zee"koe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., sea cow, lake cow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A hippopotamus.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zee"man ef*fect"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 1896 by <person>P. <etsep>Zeeman</etsep></person>, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as an important confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zeh"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>z\'82\'8bne</ets>. See <er>Zea</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (<spn>Zea</spn>) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written <asp>zeine</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zeit"geist`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.; <ets>zeit</ets> time + <ets>geist</ets> spirit. See <er>Tide</er>, <pos>n.</pos>; <er>Ghost</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zem`in*dar"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Zamindar</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Zem"in*da*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>\'d8Zem"in*da*ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Zamindary</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zem"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The blind mole rat (<spn>Spalax typhlus</spn>), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zem"stvo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ., fr. <ets>zemlya</ets> land.]</ety> <def>In Russia, an elective local district and provincial administrative assembly. Originally it was composed of representatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of the towns, and the landed proprietors. In the reign of Alexander III. the power of the noble landowners was increased, the peasants allowed only to elect candidates from whom the governor of the province nominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to the approval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powers relating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practically these powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the state taxation.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Ze*na"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>zen\'bena</ets>, <ets>zan\'bena</ets>, fr. Per. <ets>zan\'bena</ets>, fr. <ets>zan</ets> woman; akin to E. <ets>queen</ets>.]</ety> <def>The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Zend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Zend-Avesta</er>.]</ety> <def>Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv<acir/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zend`-A*ves"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Properly, the <ets>Avesta</ets>, or sacred text, and its <ets>zend</ets>, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. <au>W. D. Whitney.</au>]</ety> <def>The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Zen"dik</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>zand\'c6k</ets>.]</ety> <def>An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"nick</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South African burrowing mammal (<spn>Suricata tetradactyla</spn>), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also <altname>suricat</altname>.</def> <mark>[obsolete]</mark> <note>This term is not found on the internet. It probably refers to the <er>meerkat</er>, also called suricate.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"nik</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Zenick</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ze"nith</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>senyth</ets>, OF. <ets>cenith</ets>, F. <ets>z\'82nith</ets>, Sp. <ets>zenit</ets>, <ets>cenit</ets>, abbrev. fr. Ar. <ets>samt-urras</ets> way of the head, vertical place; <ets>samt</ets> way, path + <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>ras</ets> head. Cf. <er>Azimuth</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to <ant>nadir</ant>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>From morn<br/
+To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,<br/
+A summer's day; and with the setting sun<br/
+Dropped from the <qex>zenith</qex>, like a falling star.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>I find my <qex>zenith</