Webster's Dictionary 1828

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Z

Z, the last letter of the English Alphabet, is a sibilant articulation, and is merely a vocal S. It bears the same relation to s, as v does to f. With us it has not a compound s...

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ZABAISM

ZABAISM. [See Sabianism.]

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ZACCHO

ZACCHO, noun The lowest part of the pedestal of a column.

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ZAFFER

ZAFFER, noun The residuum of cobalt, after the sulphur, arsenic and other volatile matters have been expelled by calcination; so that it is a gray or dark gray oxyd of cobalt, m...

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ZANY

ZANY, noun A merry andrew; a buffoon.ZANY, verb transitive To mimic.

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ZAPOTE

ZAPOTE, noun In Mexico, the generic name of fruits which are roundish and contain a hard stone; the species are various.

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ZARNICH

ZARNICH, noun [See Arsenic.] The name of a genus of fossils, which are inflammable, of a plain uniform structure, not flexible or elastic, soluble in oil, and burning with a whi...

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ZEA

ZEA, noun The generic name of maiz.

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ZEAL

ZEAL, noun [Gr., Latin] Passionate ardor in the pursuit of any thing. In general, zeal is an eagerness of desire to accomplish or obtain some object, and it may be manifested ei...

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ZEALOT

ZEALOT, noun Zelot. One who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor. It is generally used in dispraise, or applied to one whose ardor in i...

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ZEALOTICAL

ZEALOTICAL, adjective Ardently zealous. [Little used.]

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ZEALOUS

ZEALOUS, adjective Zelus. Warmly engaged or ardent in the pursuit of an object.Being thus saved himself, he may be zealous in the salvation of souls.

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ZEALOUSLY

ZEALOUSLY, adverb Zelusly. With passionate ardor; with eagerness.It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing. Galatians 4:17.

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ZEALOUSNESS

ZEALOUSNESS, noun Zelusness. The quality of being zealous; zeal.

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ZEBRA

ZEBRA, noun An animal of the genus Equus, beautifully marked with stripes; a native of Africa.

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ZEBU

ZEBU, noun A variety of the common ox, with a hump on the shoulders. It is found in the East Indies and resembles the bos Indicus, or Indian ox, but is very small, being sometim...

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ZECHIN

ZECHIN, noun A Venetian gold coin; usually written sequin, which see. If named from Zecha, the place where minted, this is the correct orthography.

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ZEDOARY

ZEDOARY, noun A medicinal root, belonging to a plant growing in the East Indies, whose leaves resemble those of ginger, only they are longer and broader. It comes in oblong piec...

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ZEINE

ZEINE, noun A substance of a yellowish color, soft, insipid, and elastic, procured from the seeds of the Zea Mays or Indian corn.

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ZEMINDAR

ZEMINDAR, noun [from zem, zemin, land.] In India, a feudatory or landholder who governs a district of country and collects taxes.

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ZEMINDARY

ZEMINDARY, noun The jurisdiction of a zemindar.

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ZEND

ZEND, noun A language that formerly prevailed in Persia.

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ZENDAVESTA

ZENDAVESTA, noun Among the Persees, a sacred book ascribed to Zoroaster, and reverenced as a bible, or sole rule of faith and practice. It is often called Zend, by contraction.

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ZENITH

ZENITH, noun That point in the visible celestial hemisphere, which is vertical to the spectator, and from which a direct perpendicular line passing through the spectator, and ex...

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ZEOLITE

ZEOLITE, noun [Gr., to boil, to foam; stone.] A mineral, so named by Cronstedt from its intumescence before the blowpipe. Many substances have been confounded under this name, p...

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ZEOLITIC

ZEOLITIC, adjective Pertaining to zeolite; consisting of zeolite, or resembling it.

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ZEOLITIFORM

ZEOLITIFORM, adjective Having the form of zeolite.