English Dictionary: zesty | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zest \Zest\, n. [F. zeste, probably fr. L. schistos split, cleft, divided, Gr. [?], from [?] to split, cleave. Cf. {Schism}.] 1. A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc. 2. Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto. Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe. --Young. Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse. --Gogan. 3. The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zest \Zest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Zested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Zesting}.] 1. To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything. 2. To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine. --Gibber. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Zo94cytium \[d8]Zo`[94]*cy"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Zo[94]cytia}. [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + [?] a hollow vessel.] (Zo[94]l.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zoisite \Zois"ite\, n. [After its discoverer, Von Zois, an Austrian mineralogist.] (Min.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zuchetto \Zu*chet"to\, n. [It. zucchetto.] (R. C. Ch.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ZEST An {object-oriented} extension of {Z}. ["Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992]. |