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ZESTOLUSIA, a term ufed by fome medical authors 

 to exprefs bathing in warm water, by way of diftinftion 

 from pfuchrolufta, or bathing in cold water. 



ZETA, or Zetecula, a little clofet, or withdrawing 

 chamber, with pipes running along the walls, to receive 

 from below either the cool air, or the fteam of warm 

 water. 



The word is formed either from f»isiv, to be warm ; or of 

 ^>iw, "vivere, to live, on account of the ufe made hereof for 

 love and enjoyment. 



Zeta, or Zetta, [Menzil,) in jindent Geography, a town 

 of Africa Propria, fituated near the fea, E. of Vicus 

 Augufti. 



ZETET^, ZrTrrai, among the Athenians, were officers 

 appointed upon extraordinary occafions, to inquire after 

 the pubhc debts, when, through the negleA of the receivers, 

 or by otlier means, they were run up to large furas, and 

 began to be in danger to be loft, if not called in. 



ZETETICE, Zmitii.'., formed from ^miu, I feel, or 

 zetetic method, in Mathematics, the method made ufe of to 

 inveftigdte or find the folution of a problem. 



The ancient Pyrrhonians were fomelimes called Zetetici, 

 q. A. feekers. 



ZETIN, in Geography, a town of Croatia; 28 miles 

 W.N.W. of Novi. 



ZETLAND, or Shetland, the name of a clufter of 

 illands, fituated in the Northern ocean, between the 59th 

 and 62d degrees of N. latitude, and a very little to the W. 

 of the meridian of London. The raoft fouthern part is 

 nearly 100 miles N.N»E. from the northern county of Scot- 

 land. Thefe iflands exceed one hundred in number, of 

 which only thirty-four are inhabited ; the others, confiding 

 chiefly of rocks and fands, are unfitted for human fupport. 

 By different writers, they have been named Hethland, Hialt- 

 land, Zetland, Schetiand, and Shetland ; which names, Dr. 

 Edmondfton fays, " are of Norwegian origin, and are fup- 

 pofed to be defcriptive of their form or appearance." The 

 moft correct and approved orthography is that of Zetland. 

 The general appearance of thefe iflands is bleak, bare, and 

 rocky ; but lome interior parts of the main-land are culti- 

 vated, clothed, and cheerful. In many places on the coalts, 

 rocks of immenfe iize are feen to rife above the foaming 

 waves, lome of which are at confiderable diftance from the 

 fhores. Some of thefe are alfo perforated by vail natural 

 arches ; in other parts there are deep caverns and fub- 

 terranean receffes. Two of thefe are called the Seranda, 

 one of which extends above 300 feet in depth. Almoft all 

 the large iflands are deeply interfefted by tortuous bays, or 

 voes, as ihey are provincially called, which afford facilities 

 for internal communication, and excellent harbours for 

 veffels. Several of therr. are commodious, and well fheltered 

 from dangerous winds. Some of the iflands have lakes, 

 the largefl of which is not more than two miles in lengih. 

 The hightft hill is Mons Ronaldi, in the parifh of North- 

 maven ; the height of which, from barometical meafurement, 

 is 3944 feet above the level of the fea. Some of the head- 

 lands are lofty and grand, one of which, Nofs-head, is 

 above 600 feet in height. 



According to the population reports of i8ii, the fol- 

 lowing is the enumeration of houfes and inhabitants, and 

 the names and number of parifhes. The total number of 

 houfes 8230, inhabited by 9038 families, 16 houfes build- 

 ing, and loi unoccupied. The whole population was 

 46,153, confining of 20,151 males and 26,002 females. 

 The parifhes are, l. Aithfling and Sandfling ; 2. Breffay, 

 Burra, andQuarff ; 3. Delting ; 4. DunrofTiiefs, Sandwick, 

 Cunnifbrough, and Fariaifle ; 5. Lerwick and Gvilberwick ; 



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6. Lunnafting, Nefling, Skerries, and Whalfav > •, M u 

 mavne ; 8. Tingwall,Vhitenefs and W &'• ^' \Tt 

 10. Walls, Sandnefs, Papa, and Fonta • , V l.^/xr ? ' 

 and Fellar; ... yel,'(SoSth and uZl) ^''' ^''°"'^) 



the Ze^?d i'n ?r''^''"^ topographical peculiarities of 

 MArvr t""^' ^"'' ''""" ^""y ''"^"'^d ""der the words 



Mainland, Lerwick, and Scallaway, thereaderTre 

 terred to each word refDeftivelv _A Vi. '"V ^"^"^ ". "^^^ 



one and X\( ^'"T"' l' '' "^°"' "-^''^ '"i'" long and 

 la d W of fh ?H ""-lly '-->ty miles diftant fro^ any 

 kkn n n ''"""■' °^ Orkney and Shetland, to which 

 paftu're or(^"""!f= 'K'^'''^' ^-^"-^ and extenfive 

 7FTTFR T^^" " '"'^'"'^'^ ""' '^ °^ ^7 families. 



bach;';TmS^!orCulmb;ch ^'""''^'"^ °^ ^"''"• 



as f ?a™L 7Zt "'^' '^ '°"^ °' '""^ ^'^^'"''=^ -"'- 



in the Pacific 

 1°. W. long. 



ZEVACO, in Geography, a fmall ifland 

 ocean, near the coaft of Veragua. N. lat 

 81° 46'. ^ 



ZEVEN. See Closter Seven. 

 ZEVENAER. See Sevenaer. 

 ZEUF, or Gaer, a town of the kingdom of Balk ; too 

 miles S.E. of Balk. 



ZEUGITjE, Ziv-^iToci, among the Athenians, the third 

 clals of the people, or thofe who had an eftate of two hun- 

 dred medimni. 



ZEUGITES, in Botany, an ancient name, adopted by 

 Browne, but no otherwife applicable to the prefent genus 

 than as far as concerns its reedy habit. The Zeugites of 

 Phny was a large Bceotian reed, fo called from ^i,yoc, a 

 yoke, becaufe it was bound together, in portions of different 

 lengths, to make the paftoral pipes ; as wheaten ilraws are, 

 by our fhepherd's boys, to this day ; but the Welt Indian 

 grafs, of which we are now to give an account, has not 



even this coincidence with the original Browne Jam. 54.1 



Schreb. Gen. 810. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 204.— Clafs and 

 order, Monoecia Triandria. ( Rather Triandria Disynia ) 

 Nat. Ord. Gramma, Linn. JufT. 



Gen. Ch. Common Calyx a glume of two valves ; the 

 outer one broaJeft, concave, abrupt and jagged, ribbed • 

 membranous at the edges ; the inner narrower, fharper and 

 keeled. Ma/e Florets two, fmalleft, on a common ftalk 

 the length of the folitary female floret, within the common 

 calyx. Perianth none. Cor. Glume of two ovate-oblong, 

 compreffed, bluntifh,awnlefs, equal valves. Stam. Filaments 

 three, capillary, the length of the corolla ; anthers oblong, 

 clov n at each end. 



Female within the larger glume of the common calyx, 

 feffile. Perianth none. Cor. Glume of one oblong con- 

 cave valve, twice the fize of the calyx, bordered towards 

 the top with a dilaced membrane, awned ; the awn terminal, 

 capillary, ftraight, half as long again as the glume. Pi/2. 

 Germen oblong ; ityle divided; iligmas long, (haggy. Perlc. 

 none. Seed folitary, oblong. 



Obf. Schreber remarks, that this grafs differs fo en. 

 tirely, in every charafter, from ytpluda, with which Lin- 

 naeus combines it, that they are totally irreconcileable. We 

 fhould refer both, with all other true Gramina, as in FL 

 Brit, to the clafs Triandria. 



Eff. Ch. Common Calyx of two valves, with three 

 flowers ; the female one feifile ; the males llalked. Corolla 



of 



