Chapter 5

Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly.

Rambler.

3. A young person; especially, a young man.

Seven youths from Athens yearly sent.

Dryden.

4. Young persons, collectively.

It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.

B. Jonson.

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Youth"ful (?), a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. "Two youthful knights." Dryden. Also used figuratively. "The youthful season of the year." Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. "Warm, youthful blood." Shak. "Youthful thoughts." Milton.

3. Fresh; vigorous, as in youth.

After millions of millions of ages . . . still youthful and flourishing.

Bentley.

Syn. -- Puerile; juvenile. -- Youthful, Puerile, Juvenile. Puerile is always used in a bad sense, or at least in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only; as, puerile objections, puerile amusements, etc. Juvenile is sometimes taken in a bad sense, as when speaking of youth in contrast with manhood; as, juvenile tricks; a juvenile performance. Youthful is commonly employed in a good sense; as, youthful aspirations; or at least by way of extenuating; as, youthful indiscretions. "Some men, imagining themselves possessed with a divine fury, often fall into toys and trifles, which are only puerilities." Dryden. "Raw, juvenile writers imagine that, by pouring forth figures often, they render their compositions warm and animated." Blair.

-- Youth"ful*ly, adv. -- Youth"ful*ness, n.

Youth"hood (?), n. [AS. geoguðhd. See Youth, and -hood.] The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth. Cheyne.

Youth"ly, a. [AS. geoguðlic.] Young; youthful. [Obs.] "All my youthly days." Spenser.

Youth"some (?), a. Youthful. [Obs.] Pepys.

Youth"y (?), a. Young. [Obs.] Spectator.

Youze (?), n. [From a native East Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The cheetah.

Yow (?), pron. You. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yowe (?), n. [See Ewe.] (Zoöl.) A ewe. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] G. Eliot.

Yowl (?), v. i. [See Yawl, v. i.] To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.

Yowl, n. A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl.

Yow"ley (?), n. [Cf. Yellow.] (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]

Yox (?), v. i. See Yex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Y*pight" (?), obs. p. p. of Pitch. See Pight.

Yp"o*cras (?), n. Hippocras. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Y"pres lace` (?). Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.

Yp*sil"i*form (?), a. [Gr. &?; &?; the name of the letter &?; + -form.] (Biol.) Resembling the &?; in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.

Yp"si*loid (?), a. (Anat.) In the form of the letter Y; Y-shaped.

Y*raft" (?), obs. p. p. of Reave. Bereft. Chaucer.

Yr"en (?), n. Iron. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Y*ron"ne (?), obs. p. p. of Run. Run. Chaucer.

Y*same" (?), adv. [See Same.] Together. [Obs.] "And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame." Spenser.

{ Yt, Yt (t) }, an old method of printing that (AS. þæt, ðæt) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "thorn" (þ). Cf. Ye, the.

Y*throwe" (?), obs. p. p. of Throw. Chaucer.

Yt*ter"bic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium.

Yt*ter"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium.

Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state.

Yt"tri*a (?), n. [NL. See Yttrium.] (Chem.) The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium.

Yt"tric (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium.

Yt*trif"er*ous (?), a. Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals.

Yt"tri*ous (?), a. (Chem.) Same as Yttric.

Yt"tri*um (?), n. [NL., from Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89. [Written also ittrium.]

Associated with yttrium are certain rare elements, as erbium, ytterbium, samarium, etc., which are separated in a pure state with great difficulty. They are studied by means of their spark or phosphorescent spectra. Yttrium is now regarded as probably not a simple element, but as a mixture of several substances.

Yt`tro-ce"rite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.

{ Yt`tro-co*lum"bite (?), Yt`tro-tan"ta*lite (?), } n. (Min.) A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.

||Yu (?), n. [Chin.] (Min.) Jade.

Yuc"ca (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Flicker, n., 2.

||Yuc"ca (?), n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.] (Bot.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Y. Treculiana, and Y. baccata) are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves (Y. filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's needle.

Yucca moth (Zoöl.), a small silvery moth (Pronuba yuccasella) whose larvæ feed on plants of the genus Yucca.

Yuck (?), v. i. [Cf. G. jucken, D. yeuken, joken. See Itch.] To itch. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Yuck, v. t. To scratch. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Yuck"el (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Yockel.

Yu"en (?), n. (Zoöl.) The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.

Yufts (?), n. [Russ. iufte.] Russia leather.

{ Yug (?), ||Yu"ga (?), } n. [Skr. yuga an age, a yoke. See Yoke.] (Hindoo Cosmog.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.

Yuke (?), v. i. & t. Same as Yuck. [Prov. Eng.]

Yu"lan (?), n. (Bot.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.

Yule (?), n. [OE. yol, ol, AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. jl Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.] Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.

And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule.

Drayton.

Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.

Yule"tide` (?), n. Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.

Yu"mas (?), n. pl.; sing. Yuma (&?;). (Ethnol.) 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.

The a wider sense, the term sometimes includes the Mohaves and other allied tribes.

||Yunx (yks), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`ygx the wryneck.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.

Yu"pon (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon.

Yux (?), n. & v. See Yex, n. [Obs.]

Y"vel (?), a. & adv. Evil; ill. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Y*war" (?), a. [See Aware.] Aware; wary. [Obs.] "Be ywar, and his way shun." Piers Plowman.

Y*wis" (?), adv. [OE. ywis, iwis, AS. gewis certain; akin to D. gewis, G. gewiss, and E. wit to know. See Wit to know, and Y-.] Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. [Obs. or Archaic]

"Ywis," quod he, "it is full dear, I say."

Chaucer.

She answered me, "I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato."

Ascham.

A right good knight, and true of word ywis.

Spenser.

The common form iwis was often written with the prefix apart from the rest of the word and capitalized, as, I wis, I wisse, etc. The prefix was mistaken for the pronoun, I and wis, wisse, for a form of the verb wit to know. See Wis, and cf. Wit, to know.

Our ship, I wis, Shall be of another form than this.

Longfellow.

Z.

Z (z; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, zd; formerly, also, z"zrd) 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. (Min.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or æolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh. H. W. Poole.

{ Za"ba*ism (?), Za"bism (?) }, n. See Sabianism.

Za"bi*an (?), a. & n. See Sabian.

Zac"co (?), n. (Arch.) See Zocco.

||Za*chun" (?), n. (Bot.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Ægyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

||Zaer"the (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Zärthe.

Zaf"fer (?), n. [F. zafre, safre; cf. Sp. zafra, safra, It. saffera, G. zaffer; all probably of Arabic origin. Cf. Zaphara.] 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. [Written also zaffre, and formerly zaffree, zaffar, zaffir.]

||Zaim (?; 277), n. [Turk. & Ar. za'm.] A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name. Smart.

||Zaim"et (?; 277), n. [Turk. & Ar. za'met.] A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue. Smart.

Zain (?), n. A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots. Smart.

Za*lamb"do*dont (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

Za*lamb"do*dont, n. One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.

||Za*mang" (?), n. (Bot.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Zam"bo (?), n.; pl. Zambos (#). [See Sambo.] The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.

||Za"mi*a (?), n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. &?;, &?;, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Zam`in*dar" (?), n. [Hind. zemndr, zamndr, a landholder, Per. zamndr; zamn land dr holding.] A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written also zemindar.] [India]

{ Zam"in*da*ry (?), Zam"in*da*ri (?) }, n. The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar. [Written also zemindary, zemindari.]

Za"mite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Za*mouse" (?), n. [From a native name.] (Zoöl.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.

||Zam*po"gna (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete. [Written also zampugna.]

Zan"der (?), n. [Cf. D. zand sand.] (Zoöl.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

Zand"mole` (?), n. [Cf. D. zand sand. See Sand, and Mole the animal.] (Zoöl.) The sand mole.

Zan"te (?), n. (Bot.) See Zantewood.

Zan"te cur"rant (?). A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zan"te*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic. (b) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).

Zan"ti*ot (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Za"ny (?), n.; pl. Zanies (#). [It. zanni a buffoon, merry- andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. &?;, Heb. Ykhnn, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf. Jenneting.] A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany.

Donne.

Preacher at once, and zany of thy age.

Pope.

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Za"ny (?), v. t. To mimic. [Obs.]

Your part is acted; give me leave at distance To zany it.

Massinger.

Za"ny*ism (?), n. State or character of a zany; buffoonery. Coleridge. H. Morley.

Zaph"a*ra (?), n. Zaffer.

||Za*phren"tis (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.

Zap`o*til"la (?), n. (Bot.) See Sapodilla.

Zap"ti*ah (?), n. A Turkish policeman. [Written also zaptieh.]

{ Zar`a*thus"tri*an (?), Zar`a*thus"tric (?) }, a. Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian. Tylor.

Zar`a*thus"trism (?), n. See Zoroastrianism.

Zar"a*tite (?), n. (Min.) [Named after Gen. Zarata of Spain.] A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.

||Za*re"ba (?), n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also zareeba, and zeriba.] [Egypt]

"Ah," he moralizes, "what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troops after Osman Digma."

R. Jefferies.

Zar"nich (?), n. [F., fr. Ar. az- zernkh, fr. Gr. &?;. See Arsenic.] (Min.) Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.

||Zär"the (?), n. (Zoöl.) A European bream (Abramis vimba). [Written also zaerthe.]

||Za"ti (?), n. (Zoöl.) A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.

||Zau*schne"ri*a (?), n. [NL., named for M. Zauschner, a Bohemian botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.

Zax (zks), n. A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates. [Written also sax.]

||Za"yat (?; 277), n. A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc. [Burmah]

||Ze"a (z"), n. [L., a kind of grain, fr. Gr. ze`a, zeia`; cf. Skr. yava barley.] (Bot.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

Zeal (zl), n. [F. zèle; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. &?;, probably akin to &?; to boil. Cf. Yeast, Jealous.]

1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. "Ambition varnished o'er with zeal." Milton. "Zeal, the blind conductor of the will." Dryden. "Zeal's never-dying fire." Keble.

I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Rom. x. 2.

A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.

Johnson.

2. A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Zeal, v. i. To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon.

Zeal"ant (?), n. One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast. [Obs.]

To certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious.

Bacon.

Zealed (?), a. Full of zeal; characterized by zeal. [Obs.] "Zealed religion." Beau. & Fl.

Zeal"ful (?), a. Full of zeal. [R.] Sylvester.

Zeal"less (?), a. Wanting zeal. Hammond.

Zeal"ot (?), n. [F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. &?;. See Zeal.] One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.

Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against zealots for the other.

Sir J. Stephen.

In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.

Macaulay.

Zea*lot"ic*al (?), a. Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. [R.] Strype.

Zeal"ot*ism (?), n. The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

Zeal"ot*ist, n. A zealot. [Obs.] Howell.

Zeal"ot*ry (?), n. The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.

Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French.

Coleridge.

Zeal"ous (?; 277), a. [LL. zelosus. See Zeal.]

1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

He may be zealous in the salvation of souls.

Law.

2. Filled with religious zeal. [Obs.] Shak.

-- Zeal"ous*ly, adv. -- Zeal"ous*ness, n.

Ze"bec (?), n. (Naut.) See Xebec.

Ze"bra (?), n. [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native African name.] (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

The true or mountain zebra (Equus, or Asinus, zebra) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the body and legs are glossy black. Its tail has a tuft of black hair at the tip. It inhabits the mountains of Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness. The second species (Equus, or Asinus, Burchellii), known as Burchell's zebra, and dauw, inhabits the grassy plains of South Africa, and differs from the preceding in not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered with long white flowing hair.

Zebra caterpillar, the larva of an American noctuid moth (Mamestra picta). It is light yellow, with a broad black stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants. -- Zebra opossum, the zebra wolf. See under Wolf. -- Zebra parrakeet, an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents; the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are blue. Called also canary parrot, scallop parrot, shell parrot, and undulated parrot. -- Zebra poison (Bot.), a poisonous tree (Euphorbia arborea) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). -- Zebra shark. Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger. -- Zebra spider, a hunting spider. -- Zebra swallowtail, a very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly (Iphiclides ajax), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also ajax. -- Zebra wolf. See under Wolf.

Ze"bra*wood` (?), n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis). (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans). (c) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.

Ze"brine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.

Ze"bu (?), n. [&?;. zébu; of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

Some of the varieties are used as beasts of burden, and some fore for riding, while others are raised for their milk and flesh. The Brahmin bull, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos, also belongs to this species. The male is called also Indian bull, Indian ox, Madras ox, and sacred bull.

Ze"bub (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

Ze"chin (?; 277), n. See Sequin.

||Zech"stein` (?), n. [Gr., fr. zeche a mine + stein a stone.] (Geol.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

Zed (?), n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See Zeta.] The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard. "Zed, thou unnecessary letter!" Shak.

Zed"o*a*ry (?), n. [F. zédoaire, LL. zedoaria; cf. It. zedoaria, zettovario, Pg. zedoaria, Sp. zedoaria, cedoaria; all fr. Ar. & Per. zedw&?;r.] (Med.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

It is the rhizome of different species of Curcuma, esp. C. zedoaria, and comes in short, firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled gray, ash-colored appearance, but within of a brownish red color. There are two kinds, round zedoary, and long zedoary.

||Zee"koe (?), n. [D., sea cow, lake cow.] (Zoöl.) A hippopotamus.

||Zeh"ner (?), n. [G.] An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

Ze"in (?), n. [Cf. F. zéïne. See Zea.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance. [Formerly written zeine.]

Zem`in*dar" (?), n. Same as Zamindar.

{ Zem"in*da*ry (?), ||Zem"in*da*ri (?) }, n. Same as Zamindary.

Zem"ni (?), n. (Zoöl.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

||Ze*na"na (?), n. [Hind. zenna, zanna, fr. Per. zanna, fr. zan woman; akin to E. queen.] The part of a dwelling appropriated to women. [India]

Zend (?), n. [See Zend-Avesta.] Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzvâresh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.

||Zend`-A*ves"ta (?), n. [Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. W. D. Whitney.] The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

||Zen"dik (?), n. [Ar. zandk.] An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.