English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Zighyr
(v. i.)
Same as Sicker.
Zigzag
(n.)
Something that has short turns or angles.
Zigzag
(n.)
A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of
chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.
Zigzag
(n.)
See Boyau.
Zigzag
(a.)
Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an
onward course.
Zigzag
(v. t.)
To form with short turns.
Zigzag
(v. i.)
To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag
shape.
Zigzagged
(imp. & p. p.)
of Zigzag
Zigzaggery
(n.)
The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
Zigzagging
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Zigzag
Zigzaggy
(a.)
Having sharp turns.
Zilla
(n.)
A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla
myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in
water, and eaten, by the Arabs.
Zillah
(n.)
A district or local division, as of a province.
Zimb
(n.)
A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is
allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to
cattle.
Ziment-water
(n.)
A kind of water found in copper mines; water
impregnated with copper.
Zinc
(n.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and
franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is
malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist
air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It
is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also
largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.
Zinc
(v. t.)
To coat with zinc; to galvanize.
Zincane
(n.)
Zinc chloride.
of Zinc
Zincic
(a.)
Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zinc; zincous.