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'zany, n. [Hist.] Sort of CLOWN; one who
is foolish or feeble-minded. ('zeini).

zeal, n. Warm interest, giving of one's
best work, for cause etc. 'zealot ('zelət),
n. One with overmuch zeal for cause
etc. 'zealous ('zeiəs), a. (zi:l).

'zebra, n. Horse-like animal of Africa.
banded with light and dark marks on
skin. ('zi:brə).

'zebu, n. Cow-like animal in E. India.
('zi:bu:).

ze'nana, n. (In India) part of house in
which women are kept. (zi'na:nə).

'zenith, n. Point of sky straight over one's
head; highest point of development,
power etc. ('zeniθ).

'zephyr, n. The west wind, soft wind;
sorts of thin dress-material. ('zefə).

'Zeppelin, n. G., sp. military, airship.
(zepəlin).

'zero, n. Number 0, nothing; starting-point
on scale of heat-measuring instrument,
etc. Zero hour, [Mil.] time fixed for
attack. ('ziərou).

zest, n. Great interest or pleasure;
pleasing, biting, taste or quality.
(zest).

'zeugma, [Lang.] n. Placing of 2 words
in the same relation to another which
only goes rightly with one of them (with
smiling lips and hearts). ('zju:gmə).

'zigzag, 1. n. Straight lines joined and
forming a number of equal or unequal
angles, first one way and then the other;
anything in this form. 2. a. Forming a zigzag.
3. adv. In zigzag direction. 4. v.i. Go zigzag.
('zigzag).

zinc, n. White metal used for roofing, for
coating iron, etc. (ziŋk).

'zinnia, n. Garden-plant with stiff, bright-coloured
flowers. ('ziniə).

'Zionist, n. Supporter of design to make
Palestine a country for the Jews.
('zaiənist).

zip, n. Sound like
that of ball from
gun going quickly
through air.
'zipper, zip-fastener,
nn. Apparatus
for doing
up dress, bag
etc., formed of
2 metal bands
with teeth which
may be locked
together by a part slipping up and down
on them. (zip).

'zither(n), n. Music instrument with cords
and flat sounding-board played resting
on table etc. ('ziθə(n)).

'zodiac, n. Band of the sky outside which
sun, moon, and great moving stars do
not go, marked out into 12 equal
divisions having names of 12 groups of
stars. The signs of the zodiac, the 12 divisions
of the zodiac used sp. in reading person's
future from the stars. ('zoudiak).

zone, n. Band of colour etc. round something;
any one of the 5 divisions, based
on degree of heat, into which the earth
is marked off (torrid zone, frigid zones, temperate
zones); any part of country, earth,
a space, marked off by certain conditions
or for some purpose (war zone, etc.). (zoun).

zoo, [Com.] n. ZOOLOGICAL gardens.
(zu:).

zo'ology, n. Natural history of animals,
science of their forms, grouping, distribution
etc. zoo'logical (zuə'lɔdʒikl), a.
Sp., zoological gardens, place where number of
different sorts of living animals are kept
and put on view. (zou'ɔlədʒi).

'zoophyte, n. Sorts of plant-like sea-animal.
('zouəfait).

zou'ave, n. Man of F.-Algerian REGIMENT.
(zu:'a:v).

zounds, [Old] int. Cry of angry protest.
(zaundz).

'Zulu, n., a. (Person, language) of certain
black group in S. Africa. ('zu:lu:).