ZIMENT-WATER, zi-ment'-wa't[.e]r, _n._ water found in copper-mines.
ZIMOCCA, zi-mok'a, _n._ a fine quality of bath-sponge.
ZINC, zingk, _n._ a bluish-white metal, breaking with a crystalline
fracture--when chemically pure it is malleable and ductile at ordinary
temperature, but ordinary zinc is so only at temperatures above 212°
Fahr.--_v.t._ to cover with zinc.--_ns._ ZINC'-AM'YL, a colourless
transparent liquid, composed of zinc and amyl; ZINC'-BLENDE, sphalerite,
native sulphide of zinc; ZINC'-BLOOM, hydrozincite; ZINC-COL'IC, a colic
caused by the slow poison of zinc-oxide; ZINC'-[=E]'THYL, a colourless
volatile liquid, composed of zinc and the radical ethyl.--_adjs._
ZINCIF'EROUS, ZINKIF'EROUS, containing or producing zinc.--_ns._ ZINC'ITE,
a native oxide of zinc, brittle, translucent, deep red; ZINCKIFIC[=A]'TION,
ZINKIFIC[=A]'TION, the process of coating or impregnating an object with
zinc.--_vs.t._ ZINCK'IFY, ZINK'IFY, to cover or impregnate with
zinc.--_adjs._ ZINCK'Y, ZINK'Y, pertaining to zinc: looking like
zinc.--_n._ ZINC'-METH'YL, a mobile stinking liquid, spontaneously
inflammable, resembling zinc-ethyl.--_adj._ ZINC'OID, like zinc.--_ns._
ZINCOL'YSIS, a mode of decomposition caused by an electric current;
ZINC'OLYTE, a body decomposable by electricity; ZINC'OTYPE, a
zincograph.--_adj._ ZINC'OUS, pertaining to zinc.--_ns._ ZINC'-WHITE, zinc
oxide used as a pigment; ZINC'-WORK'ER. [Ger. _zink_, prob. allied to
_zinn_, tin.]
ZINCALI, zin'ka-li, _n._ a name in Spain for the Gipsies, akin to _Zingaro_
(q.v.).
ZINCKENITE, zing'ken-[=i]t, _n._ a grayish mineral consisting of the
sulphides of antimony and lead. [Named from the German metallurgist
_Zincken_ (1790-1862).]
ZINCO, zing'k[=o], _n._ a familiar abbreviation for _zincograph_.--_v.i._
to produce a plate for printing by the zincographic process.
ZINCODE, zing'k[=o]d, _n._ the negative pole of a voltaic battery: the
anode of an electrolytic cell.
ZINCOGRAPHY, zing-kog'ra-fi, _n._ a process of etching on zinc (or copper)
by which black and white pictures of all kinds can be reproduced as
surface-blocks for printing by the ordinary letterpress process--in the
etching the _whites_, and not the _black lines_ as in the ordinary etching,
are eaten away.--_ns._ ZINC'OGRAPH, a plate or picture produced by
zincography; ZINCOG'RAPHER, one who makes zincographic plates.--_adjs._
ZINCOGRAPH'IC, -AL. [_Zinc_, Gr. _graphein_, to write.]
ZINGARO, zing'ga-r[=o], _n._ a name in Italy for the Gipsies;--_pl._
ZING'ARI, ZING'ANE.--Also ZING'ANO. [Cf. the Ger. _Zigeuner_, Czech
_Cingán_ or _Cigán_, Magyar _Cigány_.]
ZINGEL, zing'el, _n._ a fish of the perch family, found in the Danube.
[Ger.]
ZINGIBERACEÆ, zin'ji-be-r[=a]'s[=e]-[=e], _n.pl._ a natural order of about
470 species of perennial tropical herbs, with horizontal thickened
root-stock and cone-like inflorescence--the typical genus
ZIN'GIBER.--_adjs._ ZINGIBER[=A]'CEOUS, ZINZIBER[=A]'CEOUS. [L.
_zingiber_--Gr. _zingiberis_, ginger.]
ZINKE, tsing'ke, _n._ an old wind instrument like a cornet, of wood or
horn, with seven finger-holes. [Ger.]
ZION, z[=i]'on, _n._ Jerusalem: the Israelitish theocracy: the Christian
Church: heaven.--_adv._ Z[=I]'ONWARD, heavenward. [Gr. _Zi[=o]n_--Heb.
_ts[=i]y[=o]n_, a hill.]
ZIP, zip, _n._ the ping or sound of a bullet striking anything or whizzing
through the air. [Imit.]
ZIPHIINÆ, zif-i-[=i]'n[=e], _n.pl._ a subfamily of _Physteridæ_, the
ziphioid or ziphiiform cetaceans--the typical genus ZIPH'IUS.--_n.pl._
ZIPHI[=I]'DÆ, the _ziphiinæ_ rated as a family apart from _Physteridæ_, and
divided into _Ziphiinæ_ and _Anarnacinæ_.--_adjs._ ZIPHI[=I]'FORM;
ZIPH'IOID. [Gr. _xiphios_, the sword-fish--_xiphos_, a sword.]
ZIRCONIUM, zir-k[=o]'ni-um, _n._ the metallic constituent of the earth
ZIRC[=O]'NIA, which is found in association with silica in the minerals
ZIR'CON and _hyacinth_, and is obtained only in Ceylon, one district of the
Ural, and southern Norway.--_n._ ZIR'CONITE, a variety of zircon. [Ar.
_zark[=u]n_, vermilion--Pers. _zarg[=u]n_, gold-coloured.]
ZITHER, z[=i]th'[.e]r, _n._ the cithern, the modern representative of the
ancient _cithara_, a popular and common instrument in Tyrol--a flat
stringed instrument, having a wooden frame and flat sounding-board with
from twenty-nine to forty-two strings, placed on a table or on the knees,
the strings played by the right hand, the thumb being armed with a metallic
_plectrum_.--Also ZITH'ERN. [Ger.]
ZIZANIA, z[=i]-z[=a]'ni-a, _n._ a genus of tall aquatic grasses, of tribe
_Oryzeæ_--_wild_, _water_, or _Indian rice_. [Gr. _zizanion_, darnel.]
ZIZEL, ziz'el, _n._ a European ground squirrel, type of a genus mainly
American.--Also _Suslik_.
ZIZYPHUS, ziz'i-fus, _n._ a genus of shrubs or trees of the buckthorn
family, mostly native to tropical Asia and America--the jujube-tree.
[L.,--Gr. _zizyphos_.]
ZOANTHARIA, z[=o]-an-th[=a]'ri-a, _n.pl._ a division of _Actinozoa_,
including the sea-anemones, &c.--_adj._ and _n._ ZOANTH[=A]'RIAN.
ZOANTHROPY, z[=o]-an'thr[=o]-pi, _n._ a form of mental delusion in which a
man believes himself to be a beast--the devout divine, Simon Browne
(1680-1732), under this belief devoted himself to the making of a
dictionary--'I am doing nothing,' he says, 'that requires a reasonable
soul: I am making a dictionary.'--_adj._ Z[=O]ANTHROP'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_,
an animal, _anthr[=o]pos_, a man.]
ZOANTHUS, z[=o]-an'thus, _n._ the typical genus of _Zoanthidæ_, a family of
hexacoralline actinozoans. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _anthos_, a flower.]
ZOARIUM, z[=o]-[=a]'ri-um, _n._ the colony of the polypides of a polyzoan.
[Gr. _z[=o]arion_, dim. of _z[=o]on_, an animal.]
ZOBO, z[=o]'b[=o], _n._ a name used in the semi-Tibetan tracts of the
Himalaya for hybrids between the yak bull and the ordinary hill cow, much
used in transport and agriculture.--Also ZH[=O]'BO, DS[=O]'MO. [Tibetan.]