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trine of fermentation, cilablifhed on this bafis. Sympfon's 

 Zymol. Chym. 



ZYMOSIMETER, formed from ^i,,m<^<t>;, fermentation, 

 and (tiETfcv, meafure, an inftrument propofed by Svvammer- 

 dam, in his book " De Refpiratione," wherewith to meafure 

 the degree of fermentation occafioned by the mixture of 

 different matters ; and the degree of heat which thofe 

 matters acquire in fermenting ; as alfo the heat, or tem- 

 perament, of the blood of animals. 



ZYMOSIS, a word ufed by fome to exprefs fermenta- 

 tion, and by others for a flatulent tumour of the liver, or 

 other of the vifcera. 



ZYMUM, in Botany, apparently from ^u/^i, a ferment, 

 a name which, De Theis fays, is given to a plant of the 

 Mauritius, by Norona, a Spanifh botanift, but without any 

 explanation of its meaning, or application. This name is, 

 neverthelefs, retained by Aubert du Petit-Thouars,, in his 

 Plantes des IJles d' Afr'ique, fafc. 4. 



ZYORY, in Geography. See Sohrau. 



ZYPE, a kind of illand of North Holland, formed by 

 canals cut from the Zuyder Zee to the German ocean. It 



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was formerly a morafs, but is now converted into rich 

 meadow land. On this fpot the duke of York was polled, 

 when he made terms with the French general Brune to 

 evacuate Holland ; having it in his power, by taking up 

 the fluices, to inundate the country. 



ZYRAS, in Ancient Geography, a river of Thrace, which 

 watered the town of Dionyfiopolis. Pliny. 



ZYRMA, a town of Thrace, near which ran the river 

 Hebrus. Ptolemy. 



ZYTHOGALA, formed of ^t/flo-:, ceremfia, and yaXa, 

 lac, beer pojfet, a drink recommended by Sydenham, as good 

 to be taken after a vomit, for allaying the acrimonious and 

 difagreeable talle it has occafioned, as well as to prevent 

 gripes. Syden. Obferv. de Morb. acut. p. 39. 



ZYTHUM, or Zythos, a fort of malt hquor, in ufe 

 among the ancient Germans. 



Matthiolus reprefents the ancient z,ythum, and curmi, as 

 the fame with our beer and ale. 



ZYTOMIERS, in Geography, a town and fortrefs of 

 RufSan Poland; 65 miles W. of Kiev. N. lat. 50° 16'. 

 E. long. 28^ 54'. 



