Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Z

Z (zē; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, zĕd; formerly, also, ĭz″zĕrd) Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is take...

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Za

Za (?), n.(Min.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or æolian string; — so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the tru...

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Zabaism

{ Za″ba‐ism (?), Za″bism (?) }, n. See Sabianism.

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Zabian

Za″bi‐an (?), a. & n. See Sabian.

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Zacco

Zac″co (?), n.(Arch.) See Zocco.

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Zachun

‖Za‐chun″ (?), n.(Bot.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Ægyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment. J. Smith (Dict. Ec...

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Zaerthe

‖Zaer″the (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Zärthe.

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Zaffer

Zaf″fer (?), n. [F. zafre, safre; cf. Sp. zafra, safra, It. saffera, G. zaffer; all probably of Arabic origin. Cf. Zaphara.] A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glanc...

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Zaim

‖Zaim (?; 277), n. [Turk. & Ar. za'īm.] A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name. Smart.

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Zaimet

‖Zaim″et (?; 277), n. [Turk. & Ar. za'īmet.] A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue. Smart.

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Zain

Zain (?), n. A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots. Smart.

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Zalambdodont

Za‐lamb″do‐dont (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

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Zalambdodont (2)

Za‐lamb″do‐dont, n. One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.

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Zamang

‖Za‐mang″ (?), n.(Bot.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The swee...

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Zambo

Zam″bo (?), n.; pl.Zambos (#). [See Sambo.] The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.

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Zamia

‖Za″mi‐a (?), n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. �, �, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but wit...

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Zamindar

Zam′in‐dar″ (?), n. [Hind. zemīndār, zamīndār, a landholder, Per. zamīndār; zamīn land dār holding.] A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feud...

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Zamindary

{ Zam″in‐da‐ry (?), Zam″in‐da‐ri (?) }, n. The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar. [Written also zemindary, zemindari.]

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Zamite

Za″mite (?), n.(Paleon.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

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Zamouse

Za‐mouse″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. ...

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Zampogna

‖Zam‐po″gna (?), n.(Mus.) A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete. [Written also zampugna.]

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Zander

Zan″der (?), n. [Cf. D. zand sand.] (Zoöl.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; — called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

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Zandmole

Zand″mole′ (?), n. [Cf. D. zand sand. See Sand, and Mole the animal.] (Zoöl.) The sand mole.

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Zante

Zan″te (?), n.(Bot.) See Zantewood.

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Zante currant

Zan″te cur″rant (?). A kind of seedless grape or raisin; — so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

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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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Zantiot

Zan″ti‐ot (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.