English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Yule (n.)
Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
Yuletide (n.)
Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
Yumas (n. pl.)
A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.
Yunx (n.)
A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
Yupon (n.)
Same as Yaupon.
Yux (n. & v.)
See Yex, n.
Yvel (a. & adv.)
Evil; ill.
Ywar (a.)
Aware; wary.
Ywis (adv.)
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.
Za (n.)
An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.
Zabaism (n.)
Alt. of Zabism
Zabian (a. & n.)
See Sabian.
Zabism (n.)
See Sabianism.
Zacco (n.)
See Zocco.
Zachun (n.)
An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.
Zaerthe (n.)
Same as Z/rthe.
Zaffer (n.)
A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.
Zaim (n.)
A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.
Zaimet (n.)
A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.
Zain (n.)
A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.