Zinc*if"er*ous (?), a. [Zinc + -ferous.] Containing or affording zinc.
Zinc`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.
Zinc"i*fy (?), v. t. [Zinc + - fy.] (Metal.) To coat or impregnate with zinc.
Zinc"ite (?), n. (Min.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange- red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.
{Zinck"ing, or Zinc"ing (?) }, n. (Metal.) The act or process of applying zinc; galvanization.
Zinck"y (?), a. Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance. [Written also zinky.]
Zin"co- (?). A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.
Zinc"ode (?), n. [Zinc + - ode, as in electrode.] (Elec.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode. [R.] Miller.
Zin*cog"ra*pher (?), n. An engraver on zinc.
{ Zin`co*graph"ic (?), Zin`co*graph"ic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic processes.
Zin*cog"ra*phy (?), n. [Zinco- + -graphy.] The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.
Zinc"oid (?), a. [Zinc + - oid.] Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole. [Obs.]
Zin`co-po"lar (?), a. [Zinco- + polar.] (Elec.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. [Obs.]
Zinc"ous (?), a. 1. (Chem.) (a) Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts. (b) Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.
2. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.
||Zin"ga*ro (?), n.; pl. Zingari (#). [It.] A gypsy.
Zing"el (zng"el), n. (Zoöl.) A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.
Zin`gi*ber*a"ceous (zn`j*br*"shs), a. [L. zingiber ginger. See Ginger.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereæ) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineæ. See Scitamineous.