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English Dictionary: izzard by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
izzard
n
  1. the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"
    Synonym(s): Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Izard}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Izzard \Iz"zard\, n. [Formerly ezed, prob. fr. F. et z[90]de and
      z.]
      The letter z; -- formerly so called.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zed \Zed\, n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See
      {Zeta}.]
      The letter {Z}; -- called also {zee}, and formerly {izzard}.
      [bd]Zed, thou unnecessary letter![b8] --Shak.
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