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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zain \Zain\, n. A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots. --Smart. | |
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Zany \Za"ny\, v. t. To mimic. [Obs.] Your part is acted; give me leave at distance To zany it. --Massinger. | |
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Zany \Za"ny\, n.; pl. {Zanies}. [It. zanni a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. [?], Heb. Y[d3]kh[be]n[be]n, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf. {Jenneting}.] A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany. --Donne. Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zein \Ze"in\, n. [Cf. F. z[82][8b]ne. See {Zea}.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn ({Zea}) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance. [Formerly written {zeine}.] | |
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Zein \Ze"in\, n. [Cf. F. z[82][8b]ne. See {Zea}.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn ({Zea}) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance. [Formerly written {zeine}.] | |
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Zemni \Zem"ni\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The blind mole rat ({Spalax typhlus}), 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. | |
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Pyrazine \Pyr"a*zine\, n. Also -zin \-zin\ . [Pyridine + Gr. [?] not + [?] life.] (Org. Chem.) A feebly basic solid, {C4H4N2}, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same. | |
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Piperazine \Pi*per"a*zine\, n. Also -zin \-zin\ . [Piperidine + azote + -ine.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance, {(C2H4NH)2}, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Zinnia \[d8]Zin"ni*a\, n. [NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of G[94]ttingen.] (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus {Zinnia}, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. {Zinnia elegans} is the commonest species in cultivation. | |
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Zion \Zi"on\, n. [Heb. ts[c6]y[?]n, originally, a hill.] 1. (Jewish Antiq.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors. 2. Hence, the theocracy, or church of God. 3. The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zinc \Zinc\ (z[icr][nsm]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. {Tin}.] (Chem.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9. [Formerly written also {zink}.] {Butter of zinc} (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, {ZnCl2}, a deliquescent white waxy or oily substance. {Oxide of zinc}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, below. {Zinc amine} (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, {Zn(NH2)2}, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc ethyl; -- called also {zinc amide}. {Zinc amyle} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid, composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity. {Zinc blende} [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc sulphide. See {Blende}, n. (a) . {Zinc bloom} [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; -- called also {hydrozincite}. {Zinc ethyl} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere. {Zinc green}, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt oxides; -- called also {Rinmann's green}. {Zinc methyl} (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid {Zn(CH3)2}, produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc amyle, etc. {Zinc oxide} (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, {ZnO}, forming a light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also {flowers of zinc}, {philosopher's wool}, {nihil album}, etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also {pompholyx}, and {tutty}. {Zinc spinel} (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel, consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and aluminium; gahnite. {Zinc vitriol} (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See {White vitriol}, under {Vitriol}. {Zinc white}, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as a pigment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zinc \Zinc\ (z[icr][nsm]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. {Tin}.] (Chem.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9. [Formerly written also {zink}.] {Butter of zinc} (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, {ZnCl2}, a deliquescent white waxy or oily substance. {Oxide of zinc}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, below. {Zinc amine} (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, {Zn(NH2)2}, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc ethyl; -- called also {zinc amide}. {Zinc amyle} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid, composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity. {Zinc blende} [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc sulphide. See {Blende}, n. (a) . {Zinc bloom} [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; -- called also {hydrozincite}. {Zinc ethyl} (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere. {Zinc green}, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt oxides; -- called also {Rinmann's green}. {Zinc methyl} (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid {Zn(CH3)2}, produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc amyle, etc. {Zinc oxide} (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, {ZnO}, forming a light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also {flowers of zinc}, {philosopher's wool}, {nihil album}, etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also {pompholyx}, and {tutty}. {Zinc spinel} (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel, consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and aluminium; gahnite. {Zinc vitriol} (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See {White vitriol}, under {Vitriol}. {Zinc white}, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as a pigment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy}; [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}. {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Zona \[d8]Zo"na\, n.; pl. {Zon[91]}. [L., a girdle. See {Zone}.] A zone or band; a layer. {Zona pellucida}. [NL.] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is a more or less elastic membrane with radiating stri[91], and corresponds to the cell wall of an ordinary cell. See {Ovum}, and Illust. of {Microscope}. (b) The zona radiata. {Zona radiata} [NL.] (Biol.), a radiately striated membrane situated next the yolk of an ovum, or separated from it by a very delicate membrane only. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zone \Zone\ (z[omac]n), n. [F. zone, L. zona, Gr. zw`nh; akin to zwnny`nai to gird, Lith. j[uring]sta a girdle, j[uring]sti to gird, Zend y[be]h.] 1. A girdle; a cincture. [Poetic] 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 and temperature. Note: The zones are five: the torrid zone, extending from tropic to tropic 46[deg] 56[min], or 23[deg] 28[min] on each side of the equator; two temperate or variable zones, situated between the tropics and the polar circles; and two frigid zones, situated between the polar circles and the poles. Commerce . . . defies every wind, outrides every tempest, and invades. --Bancroft. 3. (Math.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.) 4. (Nat. Hist.) (a) A band or stripe extending around a body. (b) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth. 5. (Crystallog.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections. 6. Circuit; circumference. [R.] --Milton. {Abyssal zone}. (Phys. Geog.) See under {Abyssal}. {Zone axis} (Crystallog.), a straight line passing through the center of a crystal, to which all the planes of a given zone are parallel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zone \Zone\, v. t. To girdle; to encircle. [R.] --Keats. | |
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Zone \Zone\, n. 1. (Biogeography) An area or part of a region characterized by uniform or similar animal and plant life; a life zone; as, Littoral zone, Austral zone, etc. Note: The zones, or life zones, commonly recognized for North America are Arctic, Hudsonian, Canadian, Transition, Upper Austral, Lower Austral, and Tropical. 2. (Cryst.) A series of faces whose intersection lines with each other are parallel. 3. (Railroad Econ.) (a) The aggregate of stations, in whatsoever direction or on whatsoever line of railroad, situated between certain maximum and minimum limits from a point at which a shipment of traffic originates. (b) Any circular or ring-shaped area within which the street-car companies make no differences of fare. 4. In the United States parcel-post system, any of the areas about any point of shipment for which but one rate of postage is charged for a parcel post shipment from that point. The rate increases from within outwards. The first zone includes the unit of area [bd](a quadrangle 30 minutes square)[b8] in which the place of shipment is situated and the 8 contiguous units; the outer limits of the second to the seventh zones, respectively, are approximately 150, 300, 600, 1000, 1400, and 1800 miles from the point of shipment; the eighth zone includes all units of area outside the seventh zone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zua4ian \Zu"[a4]i*an\, a. Of or pert. to the Zu[a4]is, or designating their linguistic stock. -- n. A Zu[a4]i. | |
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Zyme \Zyme\, n. [Gr. [?] leaven.] 1. A ferment. 2. (Med.) The morbific principle of a zymotic disease. --Quain. | |
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Zena, NY (CDP, FIPS 84187) Location: 42.02222 N, 74.08632 W Population (1990): 1177 (481 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Zeona, SD Zip code(s): 57795 | |
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Zim, MN Zip code(s): 55799 | |
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Zion, AR Zip code(s): 72556 Zion, IL (city, FIPS 84220) Location: 42.45665 N, 87.84307 W Population (1990): 19775 (6845 housing units) Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60099 Zion, PA (CDP, FIPS 87320) Location: 40.92141 N, 77.66788 W Population (1990): 1573 (544 housing units) Area: 33.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Zuni, NM Zip code(s): 87327 Zuni, VA Zip code(s): 23898 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
zen vt. To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to bugs, but occasionally applied to problems of life in general. "How'd you figure out the buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." Contrast {grok}, which connotes a time-extended version of zenning a system. Compare {hack mode}. See also {guru}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Zen [Kehoe, B., "Zen and the Art of the Internet", February 1992.] [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
zen flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to {bugs}, but occasionally applied to problems of life in general. "How'd you figure out the buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." Contrast {grok}, which connotes a time-extended version of zenning a system. Compare {hack mode}. See also {guru}. (1996-09-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Zen [Kehoe, B., "Zen and the Art of the Internet", February 1992.] [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
zen flash of enlightenment. Originally applied to {bugs}, but occasionally applied to problems of life in general. "How'd you figure out the buffer allocation problem?" "Oh, I zenned it." Contrast {grok}, which connotes a time-extended version of zenning a system. Compare {hack mode}. See also {guru}. (1996-09-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ZENO U Rochester 1978. Euclid with asynchronous message-passing. "Preliminary ZENO Language Description", J.E. Ball et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(9):17-34 (Sep 1979). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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zone A logical group of {network} devices on {AppleTalk}. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
zoom magnification ("zoom in") or a larger area at a lower magnification ("zoom out"), as though using a zoom lense on a camera. Unlike in an optical system, zooming in on a computer {image} does not necessarily increase the amount of detail displayed since this is limited by what is actually stored in the image. Similarly, you cannot zoom out beyond the full size of the image. (1997-10-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zanoah marsh. (1.) A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah, near Zorah (Josh. 15:34). It was re-occupied after the return from the Captivity (Neh. 11:30). Zanu'ah in Wady Ismail, 10 miles west of Jerusalem, occupies probably the same site. (2.) A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west of Hebron (Josh. 15:56). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zimmah mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:20). (2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:42). (3.) The father of Joah (2 Chr. 29:12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zin a low palm-tree, the south-eastern corner of the desert et-Tih, the wilderness of Paran, between the Gulf of Akabah and the head of the Wady Guraiyeh (Num. 13:21). To be distinguished from the wilderness of Sin (q.v.). | |
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Zina ornament, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10). | |
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Zion sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height by 105 feet. It was the south-eastern hill of Jerusalem. When David took it from the Jebusites (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became "the city of David" (1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chr. 11:5). In the later books of the Old Testament this name was sometimes used (Ps. 87:2; 149:2; Isa. 33:14; Joel 2:1) to denote Jerusalem in general, and sometimes God's chosen Israel (Ps. 51:18; 87:5). In the New Testament (see {SION}) it is used sometimes to denote the Church of God (Heb. 12:22), and sometimes the heavenly city (Rev. 14:1). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zoan (Old Egypt. Sant= "stronghold," the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Palestine (Num. 13:22). This great and important city was the capital of the Hyksos, or Shepherd kings, who ruled Egypt for more than 500 years. It was the frontier town of Goshen. Here Pharaoh was holding his court at the time of his various interviews with Moses and Aaron. "No trace of Zoan exists; Tanis was built over it, and city after city has been built over the ruins of that" (Harper, Bible and Modern Discovery). Extensive mounds of ruins, the wreck of the ancient city, now mark its site (Isa. 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek. 30:14). "The whole constitutes one of the grandest and oldest ruins in the world." This city was also called "the Field of Zoan" (Ps. 78:12, 43) and "the Town of Rameses" (q.v.), because the oppressor rebuilt and embellished it, probably by the forced labour of the Hebrews, and made it his northern capital. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Zaham, crime; filthiness; impurity | |
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Zanoah, forgetfulness; desertion | |
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Zimmah, thought; wickedness | |
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Zin, buckler; coldness | |
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Zina, shining; going back | |
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Zion, monument; raised up; sepulcher | |
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Zoan, motion |