ZIGANKA, zi-gan'ka, _n._ a Russian country-dance, the music for such,
usually quick, with a drone bass. [Russ.]
ZIGZAG, zig'zag, _n._ a short, sharp turning.--_adj._ having short, sharp
turns, bent from side to side.--_v.t._ to form with short turns:--_pr.p._
zig'zagging; _pa.p._ zig'zagged.--_adv._ with frequent sharp turns--also
ZIG'ZAGGY.--_n._ ZIGZAG'GERY, angular crookedness.--_adj._ ZIG'ZAGGY,
zigzag. [Fr. _zig-zag_--Ger. _zick-zack_, _zacke_, a sharp point.]
ZILLAH, zil'a, _n._ the technical name for the administrative districts
into which British India is divided, each of which has in the older
provinces a Collector (or Collector and Magistrate combined), a Sessions
Judge, &c., and in the newer provinces, such as the Punjab and British
Burma, a Deputy Commissioner. [Properly Ar. (in Indian pronunciation)
_zila_, 'a rib,' thence 'a side,' 'a district.']
ZIMB, zimb, _n._ an Abyssinian dipterous insect, like the tsetse, hurtful
to cattle. [Ar. _zimb_, a fly.]