English Dictionary: Zend | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zamite \Za"mite\, n. (Paleon.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zander \Zan"der\, n. [Cf. D. zand sand.] (Zo[94]l.) A European pike perch ({Stizostedion lucioperca}) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also {sandari}, {sander}, {sannat}, {schill}, and {zant}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zante \Zan"te\, n. (Bot.) See {Zantewood}. | |
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Zantewood \Zan"te*wood`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also {zante}, and {zante fustic}. See {Fustet}, and the Note under {Fustic}. (b) Satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}). | |
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Zante \Zan"te\, n. (Bot.) See {Zantewood}. | |
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Zantewood \Zan"te*wood`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also {zante}, and {zante fustic}. See {Fustet}, and the Note under {Fustic}. (b) Satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zend \Zend\, n. [See {Zend-Avesta}.] 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a. Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. -- n. The language of the Avesta; -- less properly called {Zend}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zenith \Ze"nith\ (?; 277), n. [OE. senyth, OF. cenith, F. z[82]nith, Sp. zenit, cenit, abbrev. fr. Ar. samt-urras way of the head, vertical place; samt way, path + al the + ras head. Cf. {Azimuth}.] 1. That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to {nadir}. From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star. --Milton. 2. hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity. I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star. --Shak. This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars. --Mrs. Barbauld. It was during those civil troubles . . . this aspiring family reached the zenith. --Macaulay. {Zenith distance}. (Astron.) See under {Distance}. {Zenith sector}. (Astron.) See {Sector}, 3. {Zenith telescope} (Geodesy), a telescope specially designed for determining the latitude by means of any two stars which pass the meridian about the same time, and at nearly equal distances from the zenith, but on opposite sides of it. It turns both on a vertical and a horizontal axis, is provided with a graduated vertical semicircle, and a level for setting it to a given zenith distance, and with a micrometer for measuring the difference of the zenith distances of the two stars. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zo94nite \Zo"[94]*nite\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. (b) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal. | |
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Zonate \Zon"ate\, a. (Bot.) Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red alg[91]. | |
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Zoned \Zoned\, a. 1. Wearing a zone, or girdle. --Pope. 2. Having zones, or concentric bands; striped. 3. (Bot.) Zonate. | |
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Zunyite \Zun"yite\, n. (Min.) A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals at the Zu[ntil]i mine in Colorado. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Zenda, KS (city, FIPS 80925) Location: 37.44498 N, 98.28222 W Population (1990): 96 (49 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67159 |