ZOSTER, zos't[.e]r, _n._ an ancient Greek waist-belt for men: herpes zoster
or shingles. [Gr. _z[=o]st[=e]r_, a girdle.]
ZOTHECA, z[=o]-th[=e]'ka, _n._ a small living-room, as distinguished from a
sleeping-room: an alcove. [Gr. _z[=o]th[=e]k[=e]_.]
ZOUAVE, zwäv, _n._ one of a body of troop wearing a quasi-Moorish dress in
the French army, which derives its name from the _Zwawa_, a tribe of
Kabyles in the Algerian province of Constantine. These Kabyles had long
been employed as mercenaries by the _deys_ of Algiers; and after the
conquest in 1830 the French took them into their service.
ZOUNDS, zowndz, _interj._ an exclamation of anger and astonishment. [A
corr. of _God's wounds_, referring to Christ's sufferings on the cross.]
ZUCCHETTA, tsuk-ket'ta, _n._ the skull-cap of an ecclesiastic, covering the
tonsure: a form of helmet worn in the 16th century. [It., dim. of _zucca_,
a gourd.]
ZUFOLO, z[=oo]'f[=o]-l[=o], _n._ a small flute or flageolet used in
training singing-birds.--Also ZUF'FOLO. [It.]
ZULU, zoo'loo, _n._ a branch of the great Bantu division of the human
family, belonging to South Africa, conspicuous for physical and
intellectual development.--_adj._ pertaining to the ZULUS, their language,
&c. [South African.]
ZUMBOORUK, zum'b[=oo]-ruk, _n._ a small cannon mounted on a swivel, carried
on the back of a camel.--Also ZUM'BOORUCK, ZOM'BORUK, ZAM'BOORAK. [Hind.
_zamb[=u]rak_--Turk. _zamb[=u]rak_--Ar. _zamb[=u]r_, a hornet.]
ZUÑI, z[=oo]'ny[=e], _n._ one of a tribe of Pueblo Indians living in large
communal houses near the _Zuñi_ river in New Mexico.--_adj._ and _n._
ZU'ÑIAN.
ZUPA, z[=u]'pa, _n._ a confederation of village communities governed by a
ZU'PAN, in the early history of Servia, &c. [Servian.]
ZURF. See ZARF.
ZURLITE, zurl'[=i]t, _n._ a white or green Vesuvian mineral.
ZUZ, z[=oo]z, _n._ a coin or money of account in New Testament times.
ZWANZIGER, tswan'tsi-g[.e]r, _n._ an old Austrian silver coin, equivalent
to twenty kreutzers. [Ger.,--_zwanzig_, twenty.]
ZWIEBACK, zv[=i]'bak, _n._ biscuit rusk, or a sweet spiced bread toasted.
[Ger.]
ZWINGLIAN, zwing'- or tswing'gli-an, _adj._ pertaining to the Swiss
reformer Huldreich _Zwingli_ (1484-1531), or his doctrines, esp. his
divergence from Luther in the doctrine of the Eucharist. Zwingli rejected
every form of local or corporeal presence, whether by transubstantiation,
impanation, or consubstantiation, assailing every form, however subtle, of
the old _Capernaitic_ (John vi. 51-53, 59) conception of a carnal presence
and carnal appropriation.--_n._ a follower of ZWINGLI.
ZYGADITE, zig'a-d[=i]t, _n._ a variety of albite found in thin twin
crystals at Andreasberg, in the Harz Mountains. [Gr. _zygad[=e]n_,
jointly--_zygon_, a yoke.]
ZYGÆNA, z[=i]-j[=e]'na, _n._ a genus of moths, typical of the family
_Zygænidæ_: a genus of sharks, the hammer-heads, now _Sphyrna_.--_adjs._
ZYGÆ'NID, ZYGÆ'NINE, ZYGÆ'NOID. [Gr. _zygaina_, a shark.]
ZYGAL, z[=i]'gal, _n._ pertaining to a zygon, formed like a letter [H
shape]. [_Zygon_.]
ZYGANTRUM, z[=i]-gan'trum, _n._ a fossa on the posterior face of the arches
of each of the vertebræ of the Lacertilia, into which the zygosphene of the
succeeding vertebra fits. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _antron_, a cave.]
ZYGAPOPHYSIS, z[=i]-ga-pof'i-sis, _n._ one of the yoke-pieces or
articulations of the vertebræ: _pl._ ZYGAPOPH'YS[=E]S. [Gr. _zygon_, a
yoke, _apophysis_, process.]
ZYGITE, z[=i]'g[=i]t, _n._ a rower in the second tier of a Greek trireme.
[Gr. _zygit[=e]s_--_zygon_, yoke.]
ZYGOBRANCHIATE, z[=i]-g[=o]-brang'ki-[=a]t, _adj._ having paired gills or
ctenidia, as certain molluscs: belonging to the ZYGOBRANCHI[=A]'TA, an
order or suborder of _Gastropoda_.--Also ZY'GOBRANCH. [Gr. _zygon_, yoke,
_brangchia_, gills.]
ZYGOCARDIAC, z[=i]-g[=o]-kär'di-ak, _adj._ yoke-like and cardiac, as an
ossicle of the stomach of some Crustacea. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _kardia_,
the heart.]
ZYGODACTYL, z[=i]-g[=o]-dak'til, _adj._ having the toes arranged in pairs,
two before and two behind, as certain birds--also ZYGODACTYL'IC,
ZYGODAC'TYLOUS.--_n._ ZYGODAC'TYLISM. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _daktylos_, a
finger.]
ZYGODONT, z[=i]'g[=o]-dont, _adj._ pertaining to molar teeth whose cusps
are paired, possessing such molars. [Gr. _zygon_, yoke, _odous_, _odontos_,
a tooth.]
ZYGOMA, z[=i]-g[=o]'ma, _n._ the arch formed by the malar bone and the
zygomatic process of the temporal bone of the skull.--_adj._
ZYGOMAT'IC.--ZYGOMATIC FOSSA, the lower part of the fossa bridged over by
the zygomatic arch; ZYGOMATIC MUSCLES, two muscles (major and minor)
arising from the zygomatic arch. [Gr. _zyg[=o]ma_--_zygon_, a yoke.]
ZYGOMORPHOUS, z[=i]-g[=o]-mor'fus, _adj._ yoke-shaped--of flowers divisible
into similar halves in one plane only--also ZYGOMOR'PHIC.--_ns._
ZYGOMOR'PHISM, ZYGOMOR'PHY. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _morph[=e]_, form.]
ZYGOMYCETES, z[=i]-g[=o]-m[=i]-s[=e]'t[=e]z, _n.pl._ a group of fungi
marked by the production of zygospores--the commonest type _Mucor mucedo_,
the common white mould of dead organic matter, as horse-dung.--_adj._
ZYGOMYC[=E]'TOUS. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _myk[=e]s_, _myk[=e]tos_, a
mushroom.]
ZYGON, z[=i]'gon, _n._ a connecting bar: an [H shape]-shaped fissure of the
brain. [Gr., a yoke.]
ZYGOPHYLLACEÆ, z[=i]-g[=o]-fil-[=a]'s[=e]-[=e], _n.pl._ a natural order
containing about 100 species of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees,
chiefly natives of subtropical countries--the bean-caper family--the
typical genus _Zygophyllum_. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _phyllon_, a leaf.]
ZYGOPHYLLUM, z[=i]-g[=o]-fil'um, _n._ a genus of plants, natural order
_Zygophylleæ_, of the bean-caper family.
ZYGOPHYTE, z[=i]'g[=o]-f[=i]t, _n._ a plant in which reproduction takes
place by means of zygospores. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _phyton_, a plant.]
ZYGOPLEURAL, z[=i]-g[=o]-pl[=oo]'ral, _adj._ bilaterally symmetrical. [Gr.
_zygon_, a yoke, _pleura_, the side.]
ZYGOSIS, z[=i]-g[=o]'sis, _n._ (_bot._) conjugation, the coalescence of two
distinct cells: the sexual intercourse of protoplasmic bodies.--_n._
ZY'GO[=I]TE, an organism resulting from zygosis.--_adj._ ZY'GOSE,
pertaining to zygosis. [Gr. _zyg[=o]sis_, a joining.]
ZYGOSPHENE, z[=i]'g[=o]-sf[=e]n, _n._ a process on the anterior face of
each of the vertebral arches in the Lacertilia, which articulates with the
_zygantrum_ of the preceding arch. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke, _sph[=e]n_, a
wedge.]
ZYGOSPORE, z[=i]'g[=o]-sp[=o]r, _n._ a spore produced by the union of buds
from two adjacent hyphaæ in the process of conjugation by which some fungi
multiply--the same as ZY'GOSPERM and ZY'GOTE. [Gr. _zygon_, a yoke,
_spora_, seed.]
ZYLONITE=_Xylonite_ (q.v.).