WUL SUPPLEMENT. ZEN 



luto their thumb and flngers by the use of; XYLOPHIA, a genus of plants belonging 

 new type, and characterised by paralysis of to the Anonacece. 



the wrist. The remedy for it is a solution of ' Xv l.ORKTixr, a resinous crystalline 

 potassium, in which the hand should be ; body obtained from some kinds of turf, 

 steeped, and expelling the lead. : XYI.OTI LK, a fine fibrous chrysolite found 



WULFEM i ,:, molybdate of lead. Jin the Tyrol. 



WURTZITE, a synonym of spiauterite. | Xviii DACK.V, a natural orde r of Endo- 

 genous plants, chiefly tropical, of which 

 ] Xyris is the tyjacal genus. '1 hey hare a 



Xi rush-like or sedge-like form and cha- 

 racter. 

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XAXTHEix.the yellow colouring principle i 

 of flowers. 1 



XAXTHITE, a mineral composed chiefly 

 of the silicates of alumina and lime. , YACCA WOOD, the ornamental cabinet 



XANTHOCHYMUS, a s?en us of arboraceous W0 od of Podocarpus coriacea. 

 plants belonging to the Clusiacece. VAiifiu, the elastic timber of Aspido- 



XJLHTHOCOMC, native arsenic-sulphide fp erma excelswm or paddle wood, 

 of silTer. i YKAST PLANTS, a variety of moulds or 



XAXTHOPHYJ.L, the yellow colouring fungi, which promote or cause the fermenting 

 principle of sere leares. action of what is called yeast, and develop 



XAHTHOPHTLLITK, a variety of Clin- n by their remarkably rapid germination, 

 tonite (silicates of alumina and magnesia). Among these Mucor and PeniciUium occupy 



XAXTUOI-ICIMTE or XAXTHOI-IC.H -', a prominent place 



the crystalline bitter principle of the bark VTELLOWUKIIIIIES, the berries of 

 of Xanthoxylon Caribteum. Rhamnut infectoriut, used for dyes. 



XAJrxiioi'KOTKix.ayellowacid product YKLLOW Coci'Kit UUF, another name 

 of the action of nitric acid on fibrine. for copper pyrites 



XAXiHcmHAMXiN, a yellow extract YELLO\V LEAD ORE, -Wulfenite. 

 from the fruit of Rhamnus tinctoria or YELLOW ORPIMKXT, sulphuretted oxide 

 1'ersian berries. of zinc, or yellow arsenic. 



XAXTHOKUKIZA, a genus of plants be- Yoxr, the emblem or special attribute of 

 longing to the Ranunculacecc. Vishnu. It is the female power in nature, 



XAXTHOUTHITE, a yellowish orthite. of Hindu mythology, shown in the form of a 



XAXTHOSIDEUITK, a yellowish brown Tes jca. 

 iron ore. i YUG or YOG UK, a Hindu era. There 



XANTIIOXYLACE.-T-, the natural order are four Vugs in all, comprehending millions 

 of hypogynous exogens, of which Xanthoxy- O j ye ais. 

 Jon is the typical genus. y CLAN, the Magnolia I'ulan, a beautiful 



X EN EI. ASIA, literally " the expelling of Chinese fiowerius tree, 

 strangers" iwi]\a(na) . A Spartan ordi- ! 

 nance ascribed to lycurgus, which prohibited | 



strangers from living in the city without) Z 



leave, and authorized their expulsion. 



XEXOMTE, a silicate of alumina, forming ZACHDX, an expressed fixed oil obtained 

 a fibrous variety of Sillimanite. ! from the seeds of Balanites JSypptiaca. 



X EX on M i , a native phosphate of Yttria, > ZAK KG i; M, the oil of Uluiagnus hortentit 

 supposed at one time to be a new metal, Angustlfolia. 



and called Thorium, instead of the metallic XA.MHAKO^F, the fibre of the Agave, 

 base of Thorite, to which that name is now from which Sicilian mats and cordage are 

 given. made. 



Xu'HiiiHVNCKS, a family of Acan- /.A MIA, a genus of palm and fern-like 

 thopterygious fishes, typified by the Xiplum Uees, belonging to the Cycadeaceat. 

 or sword-fish. /.vs.Miimjji, a genus of fungi, typified 



Xi'LUt, an asbestifonn variety of Xylo- by the species Z. Cellare, the cellar fungus. 

 lite. ! /AVALITK, a native hydrocarbonate of 



XYLOGRAPH y, wood engraving. nickeL 



XYLOIDIX, a product of the action of /,KimA Wooi>, the fine cabinet wood of 

 nitric acid on starch and some conditions the Demerara tree, Ompkalobium Lamberti; 

 of lignin, consisting of white grains, with also the wood of the Eugenia, fragrant of 

 gome of the properties of gun cotton. the West Indies. 



Xvi.ui,, a colourless hydrocarbon oil XKXAXA or XAXAXA, the apartments set 

 found in crude pyroxylic spirit. apart by the Orientals for the use of the 



XYLOi'HYLLA.ageuusof euphorbiaceous female members of the family, 

 plants. /EXDIKS, an Arabic f<*t of some an- 



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