English Dictionary: Zbit | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zaptiah \Zap"ti*ah\, n. A Turkish policeman. [Written also {zaptieh}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zaptiah \Zap"ti*ah\, n. A Turkish policeman. [Written also {zaptieh}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zibet \Zib"et\, Zibeth \Zib"eth\, n. [Cf. It. zibetto. See {Civet}.] (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous mammal ({Viverra zibetha}) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous. Note: It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies. It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also {Asiatic, [or] Indian, civet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zibet \Zib"et\, Zibeth \Zib"eth\, n. [Cf. It. zibetto. See {Civet}.] (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous mammal ({Viverra zibetha}) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous. Note: It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies. It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also {Asiatic, [or] Indian, civet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ziphioid \Ziph"i*oid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Xiphioid}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zo94phite \Zo"[94]*phite\, n. A zo[94]phyte. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zo94phyte \Zo"[94]*phyte\, n. [F. zoophyte, Gr. [?]; zw^,on an animal + [?] plant, akin to [?] to be born, to be. See {Zodiac}, and {Be}, v. i.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids. (b) Any one of the Zo[94]phyta. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zyophyte \Zy"o*phyte\, n. [Gr. [?] a yoke + fyto`n a plant.] (Bot.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division ({Zygophytes}, {Zygophyta}, or {Zygospore[91]}), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. {O[94]phyte}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Zapata, TX (CDP, FIPS 80716) Location: 26.89432 N, 99.26215 W Population (1990): 7119 (3151 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78076 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
zapped adj. Spicy. This term is used to distinguish between food that is hot (in temperature) and food that is _spicy_-hot. For example, the Chinese appetizer Bon Bon Chicken is a kind of chicken salad that is cold but zapped; by contrast, {vanilla} wonton soup is hot but not zapped. See also {{oriental food}}, {laser chicken}. See {zap}, senses 1 and 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
zepto {prefix} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zabad gift. (1.) One of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the "children of Sheshan" (2:31). (2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21). (3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and slew him (2 Chr. 24:25, 26). He is called also Jozachar (2 Kings 12:21). (4.) Ezra 10:27. (5.) Ezra 10:33. (6.) Ezra 10:43. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zabbud gift, Ezra 8:14. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zabdi gift of Jehovah. (1.) An ancestor of Achan (Josh. 7:1, 17, 18). He is probably the "Zimri" of 1 Chr. 2:6. (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:19). (3.) Called "the Shiphmite," one of David's officers, who had charge of his vineyards (1 Chr. 27:27). (4.) A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph (Neh. 11:17); probably the same as Zichri (1 Chr. 9:15), and Zaccur (Neh. 12:35). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zabud gift, the son of Nathan, who was "king's friend" in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:5). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zebadiah gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab's brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8). (3.) The son of Ishmael, "the ruler of the house of Judah in all the king's matters" (2 Chr. 19:8-11). (4.) A son of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:15). (5.) A Korhite porter of the Lord's house (1 Chr. 26:2). Three or four others of this name are also mentioned. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zebedee a Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the father of James and John, two of our Lord's disciples (Matt. 4:21; 27:56; Mark 15:40). He seems to have been a man of some position in Capernaum, for he had two boats (Luke 5:4) and "hired servants" (Mark 1:20) of his own. No mention is made of him after the call of his two sons by Jesus. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zebudah given, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zephath beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S'beita. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zephathah a valley in the west of Judah, near Mareshah; the scene of Asa's conflict with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9-13). Identified with the Wady Safieh. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Zabad, dowry; endowed | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Zabdi, same as Zabad | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Zebadiah, portion of the Lord; the Lord is my portion | |
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Zebedee, abundant; portion | |
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Zebudah, endowed; endowing | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Zephath, which beholds; that attends or that covers |