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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Zōned, a. p. 1538Wearing a zone or zones. Pope. 2. Having zones, or concentric bands.Zōne'less, a. p. 1538Not having a zone. “That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist.” Cowper. Closed was her eye, and from her heaving breast, In careless folds, loose fell her zoneless vest. Mason.Zŏn'nar, n. p. 1538See ZONAR.Zōn'ū-lar, a. p. 1538Zone-shaped; as, the zonular placenta. 2. Having reference to, or conformity with, a zone or ring; as, the zonular type of a placenta. Dana.Zōn'ūle, n. p. 1538A little zone or girdle.Zō-o-chēm'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animal chemistry. Dunglison.Zo-öch'e-my, n. p. 1538Animal chemistry. Dunglison.Zō'ō-gēn'ic, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animal production.Zo-ōg'e-ny or Zo-ōg'o-ny, n. p. 1538The doctrine of the formation of living beings.Zo-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 1538One who describes animals, their forms, and habits.Zōö-graph'ic or Zōö-graph'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, the description of animals.Zo-ög'ra-phist, n. p. 1538A zoögrapher. [Rare.]Zo-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1538A description of animals, their forms, and habits.Zō'oid, n. p. 1538(Nat. Hist.) (a.) An organic cell having locomotion like a true animal, as a spermatic cell, or spermatozoid. (b.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development. (c.) One of the individual…Zo-ŏl'a-try, n. p. 1538The worship of animals.Zō'o-lite, n. p. 1538An animal substance petrified or fossil. [Obs.] Morin.Zo-ö'l'o-ger, n. p. 1538A zoölogist. [Obs.] Boyle.Zō'o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoölogy, or the science of animals.Zō'o-lŏg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1538In a zoölogical manner; according to the principles of zoölogy.Zo-ŏl'o-ğist, n. p. 1538One who is well versed in the natural history of animals, or who describes animals.Zo-öl'o-gy, n. p. 1538That part of natural history which treats of the classification, structure, habits, and habitations of animals.Zō'ō-môrph'ism, n. p. 1538The transformation of men into beasts. [Rare.] Smart.Zo-ŏn'ic, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animals; obtained from animal substances.Zō'o-nite, n. p. 1538(Physiol.) (a.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. (b.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.Zo-ŏn'o-my, n. p. 1538The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.Zo-ŏph'a-gan, n. p. 1538(Zoöl.) An animal that feeds on animal food.Zo-ōph'a-goŭs, a. p. 1538Feeding on animals.Zō'o-phite, n. p. 1538A zoöphyte. See ZOOPHYTE. [R.]Zō'ö-phōr'ic, a. p. 1538Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoöphoric column is one which supports the figure of an animal.Zo-öph'o-rüs, n. p. 1538(Anc. Arch.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; — so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.Zō'o-phȳte, n. p. 1538(Zoöl.) One of a certain division of animals; — a general term, applied to simple polyps, and compound individuals consisting of many polyps united together, as in most corals. They often branch like…Zō'o-phýt'ic or Zō'o-phýt'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoöphytes.Zo-öph'y-toid, a. p. 1538Like a zoöphyte. Dana.Zō'o-phýt'o-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoöphytology.Zo-öph'y-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 1538The natural history of zoöphytes.Zō'o-spĕrm, n. p. 1538One of the spermatic particles, or spermatozoa, of an animal. Dana.Zō'o-spōre, n. p. 1538A spore or gemma of certain seaweeds, which have locomotion by means of vibratile cilia.Zō'o-tŏm'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoötomy.Zo-ŏt'o-mist, n. p. 1538One who dissects the bodies of animals; a comparative anatomist.Zo-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 1538The anatomy of animals; the dissection of various animals for the purpose of discovering their structure, or the functions of their several parts, &c.; comparative anatomy.Zōo'zōō, n. p. 1538The wood-pigeon. [Prov. Eng.]Zo-pĭs'să, n. p. 1538(Med.) A mixture of pitch and tar impregnated with salt water, scraped from the sides of ships, formerly used in external applications as resolutive and desiccative. Simmonds.Zōr'il, n. p. 1538(Zoöl.) A small American animal; the skunk; Mephitis bicolor; also, a species of skunk (Zorilla striata) found at the Cape of Good Hope.Zōs'ter, n. p. 1538(Med.) A kind of herpes, or tetter (Herpes zoster); shingles. Dunglison.Zōs'te-rā, n. p. 1538(Bot.) A genus of plants of the pond-weed family, or Naiadaceæ. Z. marina is commonly known as sea-wrack.Zouäve, n. p. 1538(Mil.) (a.) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress. (b.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt…Zounds, interj. p. 1538An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.Zoutch, v. t. p. 1538(Cookery.) To stew, as flounders, eels, &c., with just enough of liquid to cover them. Smart.Züche, n. p. 1538A stump of a tree. Kennet.Zuf'fo-lo or Zy'fo-lo, n. p. 1538(Mus.) A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds. Busby.Zum-bōo'ruk, n. p. 1538(Mil.) A small cannon supported, by a swiveled rest, on the back of a camel, whence it is fired; — used in the East.Zü'mo-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 1538See ZYMOLOGICAL.Zu-mŏl'o-ğist, n. p. 1538See ZYMOLOGIST.Zu-mōl'o-gy, n. p. 1538See ZYMOLOGY.Zu-mōm'e-ter or Zü'mo-sim'e-ter, n. p. 1538See ZYMOMETER.Zūr'lite, n. p. 1538(Min.) The same as MELLILITE, q. v.Zȳg'a-dite, n. p. 1538(Min.) A mineral of a red or yellowish-white color, and feebly transparent, containing silica, alumina, and lithia. Dana.Zȳg'a-pŏph'y-sis, n. p. 1538See VERTEBRA.Zȳg′o-dăc-tyl′ic or Zȳg′o-dăc-tyl-oŭs, a. p. 1538Having the toes disposed in pairs; — applied to an order of birds which have the feet furnished with two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, woodpecker, &c. Partington.Zȳ-gō'mă, n. p. 1538(Anat.) The cheek-bone. Dunglison.