Zeus 
eiit and all-powerful, generally looked upon as 
the son of Kronos and Ehea, and held to have 
dethroned and succeeded his father, in a narrower 
sense, he was the god of the heavens, and controlled all 
celestial phenomena, as rains, snows, and tempests, heat 
and cold, and the lightning. His consort was Hera. 
Zeus was worshiped universally; but the most renowned 
of his sanctuaries were those of Olympia in Elis and Do- 
dona in Epirus. In art Zeus was represented as a majes- 
tic and powerful figure, with full beard and flowing hair, 
in early works sometimes fully draped, but in later art, 
in general, only lightly draped in the himation. The type 
fixed by Phidias in the second half of the fifth century 
B. c, in his great chryselephantine statue for the temple 
at Olympia, influenced all artists who came after him. 
The usual attributes of the god are a long staff or scepter, 
the thunderbolt, the eagle, and sometimes a figure of 
Victory borne on one hand. The head is generally encir- 
cled by a fillet or a wreath ; in later sculptures the hair 
rises from the brow in luxuriant locks like a crown, and 
falls in masses on either side of the face. Compare Jxcpiier. 
See cut on preceding page, and cut under thunderhult. 
2. [NL. (LinnEcus, 1758).] In ichth., a genus 
of aeanthopterygian fishes, typical of the fam- 
ily Ze)l idee. It includes several fishes of remarkable ap- 
pearance, as the .lohn-dory, Z.faber, well known in classic 
times. See cut under dory, 1. 
Zeuzera (zii-ze'rii), )(. [NL. (Latreille, 1805): 
a corrupt form of unascertained origin.] A 
genus of boinbycid moths, of the family Cos- 
sidie, or typical of a family Zeitccridie. having 
the antenna? of the male unequally pectinate 
and bare at the tips. The genus has a wide distribu- 
tion, and comprises about 30 species. Z, pyriTui, the 
wood-leopard, is common to Europe and the United States ; 
its larva bores into the branches of the elm, maple, lin- 
den, ash, and many other trees. 
zeuzerian (zii-ze'ri-an), (I. and w. [( Zeuzera 
+ -(</«.] I. o. Resembling or related to a moth 
of the genus Zeuzera; of or pertaining to the 
Zeuzerklie. 
H. «. A moth of this genus or family. 
Zeuzerids (zu-zer'i-de), It. pi. [NL. (Newman. 
1833), < Zeuzera + -idx.'] A family of bomby- 
cid moths, founded on the genus Zeuzera: sy- 
nonymous with Cossidee. Also Zeuzerkles and 
Zeuzeridi. 
zeylanite (ze'lan-it), ii. Same as ceylonite. 
zibeline (zib'e-lin), n. and a. [F., < It. zibel- 
liiio, < ML. sabeUiuus, < sahcllum, saljle: see *a- 
ft'c] I.t 11. A fur, generally thought to be the 
same as sable. 
II. a. Of, pertaining to, or related to the 
sable, Mnsicla zibelUna. See sable. 
In 118S or thereabout no person was allowed to wear 
garments of vair. gray, zibeline, or scarlet color. 
W. A. Hammond, in Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXVII. 34. 
zibet (zib'et), «. [See eivefl.'] A digitigrade 
carnivorous quadruped, of the family Viverri- 
dse, Viterra zibetlia, a kind of civet found in 
India and some of the adjacent islands; the 
Asiatic or Indian civet. It secretes an odoriferous 
substance like that of other civets, and when tamed in 
the countries where it is found it lives in tile houses 
like a domestic cat. The zibet is upward of 2 feet long, 
the tail about 10 inches. The form resemblesthatof other 
civets, and the fur is similarly marked in spots and lines 
of black and white, with rings of the same on the tail. It 
is sometimes reared for its civet in establishments con- 
ducted for that purpose. Atso zibeth. 
zibetum (zib'e-tum), n. [NL., < zibet."] The 
odoriferous substance of the zibet; a sort of 
civet. 
ziczac, H. See nicsac. 
ziega (ze'gji), )(. Curd produced from milk by 
adding acetic acid after rennet has ceased to 
cause coagulation. Brande aud Cox. 
Zierla(zer'i-a), n. [NL. (Sir J. E. Smith, 1798), 
named after J. Zier, member of the Linnean 
Society of London.] A genus of polypetalous 
plants, of the order liutiteese and tribe lioronieee. 
It is characterized by opposite leaves usually of three leaf- 
lets, and flowers with four spreading free petals, and 
four stamens inserted on the glands of the disk. They 
are shrubs and trees, sometimes warty or covered with 
woolly or stellate hairs, bearing petioled glandular-dotted 
leaves, which are trifoliate or the upper ones sometimes 
undivided. The small white flowers are usually grouped 
in axillary or terminal panicles, 'there are 7 species, 
perhaps 10, all Australian. Z. Sviithii (Z. lancemata), a 
shrub or small tree found also in Tasmania, is known as 
myidjIit'fAtfh and, from the fetid wood, as stinkteood. 
Ziervogel's process. See proeens. 
zietrisikite (ze-tri-se'kit), »(. [< Zietri.s-ika (see 
def.) + -ite^.'] In mineral., a mineral resin 
closely related to ozocerite, foimd at Zietrisika 
in Moldavia. 
Zif(zif), »i. [(.Uch. Ziv.] A Hebrew month: 
same as li/ar. 1 Ki. vi. 1 [Zir, R. V.]. 
ZiflB.USt (zif'i-us), H. A misspelling of Xiphia.i. 
Huge Zifiug, whom Mariners eschew. 
Spemer, F. Q., II. xii. 24. 
Ziganka (zi-gan'ka). w. [Russ.] 1. A Russian 
country -dance. — 2. Music for such a dance, 
which is quick in pace and usually founded on 
a drone-tiass. 
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zigzackt, «• See zigzag. 
zigzag (zig'zag), «. and a. [Formerly also zig- 
zack ; < F. zigzag, < G. zickzack, zigzag, a varied 
redupl. of zacke, a sharp point, prong, tooth, 
dentil: see taclc^. Cf. G. zickzack segelii, 'sail 
zigzag,' tack.] I. «. 1. A sharp turning back 
and forth or in aud out; an irregular, abrupt 
angulation ; one of a series of sharp turns in a 
linear or curvilinear course : nearly always in 
the plural. 
Cracks and nyzagg of the head. Pope, Dunciad, i. 124. 
I looked wistfully, as we rattled into dreary Andemiatt, 
at the great white zigzags of the Oberalp road climbing 
away to the left. H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 248. 
2. A formation with a succession of sharp 
turnings or angles; something that has a num- 
ber of abrupt angulations, like those of chain- 
lightning. 
A zigzag . . . will be seen to be simply a twill worked 
backwards and forwards. A. BaWr/w.Weaving, p. 99. 
Long brown kaftans, upon the breasts of which had 
been sewn zigzags of red cloth. 
a. Kennan, The Century, XXXVIII. 69. 
Specifically — (a) A winding path with sharp turns, as up 
the side of a steep mountain. 
How proudly he talks 
Of zigzags and walks I 
Suift, My Lady's Lamentation. 
(6) In fort., a trench of approach against a fortress, so 
constructed that the line of trench may not be enfiladed 
by the defenders : same as boyau. (c) In arch., same as 
chevron, 2. (d) In the fisheries, a salmon-stair or fish- 
way. 
3. In entom., a British moth, Bombyx dispar. — 
Billet and zl£za^. See billet'. 
II. a. Having shai-p and quick turns or 
flexures; turning frequently back and forth; 
in bot., angularly bent from side to side. 
The road is steep and runs on zigzag terraces. 
Lung/ellou; Hyperion, iii. 2. 
I went through the zigzag passages [of a sap]. 
J. K. Hosmer, The Color-Guard, xiv. 
Zigzag molding, in arch. See chevron, 2, dancette, 2. 
zigzag (zig'zag), adv. [< zigzag, a.] In a zig- 
zag manner; with frequent sharp turns. 
We patroled about, zig-zag, as we could ; the crowd . . . 
having no chief or regulator. 
Mms. D'Arblay, Diaiy and Letters, IV. 23.5. 
What you, Reader, and I 
Would call going zig-zag. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 173. 
zigzag (zig'zag), P. ; pret. and pp. zigzagged, 
ppr. zigzagging. [< zigzag, h.] I, iiilrans. 
To move or advance in a zigzag fashion; form 
zigzags in a course ; turn sharply back and 
forth. 
It was only by zigzagging in the most cautious manner 
. . . that we avoided getting floated altogether. 
O'Donovan, Mei-v, xv. 
Dread, uncanny thing. 
With fuzzy breast and leathern wing: 
In mad, zigzagging flight. 
J. W. Riley, The Bat. 
II. trans. To form in zigzags, or with short 
turns or angles. T. IVartoii. 
zigzaggery (zig'zag-er-i), n. [< zigzag + -en/.] 
The character of being zigzag ; angular crook- 
edness. [Rare.] 
When my uncle Toby discovered the transverse zig- 
zaggery of my father's approaches towards it [his coat- 
pocket], it instantly brought into his mind those he bad 
done duty in before the gate of St. >'icholas. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. 3. 
zigzaggy(zig'zag-i),o. [< zigzag + -y'i^.'] Hav- 
ing sharp and quick turns ; zigzag. 
The zig-zaggy pattern by Saxons invented 
Was cleverly chiselld, and well represented. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 295. 
zillah (zil'ii), n. [Hind.] In Hindustan, an 
administrative division of a province. 
Zimb (zimb), II. [Ar. zimb, a fly.] A dipterous 
insect of Abyssinia, resembling and related to 
the tsetse of southern Africa, and very destruc- 
tive to cattle. 
zimbi (zim'bi), )(. [E. Ind.] A money-cowry, 
as Cyprsea moneta. See cut under cowry. 
The cowry shells, which, under one name or another — 
chamgos, zimbis, bouges, porcelanes, etc. — have long been 
used in the East Indies as small money. 
Jevons, Money and Mech. of Exchange, p. 24. 
ziment-water (zi-ment'wa"ter), II. [After G. 
ziinent-, ccment-wasser, 'cement-water,' cf. ee- 
mentkupfer, copper deposited in water.] Wa- 
ter found in copper-mines ; water impregnated 
with copper. 
Zimmermann's corpuscles, Zimmermann's 
particles. Blood-plates. 
Zimocca (zi-mok'a), n. A kind of commercial 
sponge, Jiu.spongia zimocca, a bath-sponge of 
fine quality. 
zinco 
zimome, n. See zymome. 
zinc (zingk), 71. [Also sometimes zink, the si)ell- 
ing zinc being after the F. form of the original ; 
< F. zinc = Sw. Dan. zink = Buss, tsinku (NL. 
zineum), < G.zink, zinc; connection with G. zinn, 
= E. tin, is doubtful.] Chemical symbol, Zn ; 
atomic weight, 64.9. One of the useful metals, 
more tenacious than lead and tin, but mallea- 
ble only at a temperature between 200° and 
250° F. Its ore has long been known, and the manu- 
facture of brass from it has been practised to a consid- 
erable extent. Zinc is believed to have been first dis- 
tinctly recognized as a metal by Paracelsus about the be- 
ginning of the seventeenth centui7 ; but in the metallic 
state it has been of importance in the arts only since the 
beginning of the present century. Native zinc is not 
positively known to occur; if existing at all, it is exceed- 
ingly rare. Its ores, however, are widely disseminated, 
especially the combination with sulphur, called Idende, 
which is almost as invariably present in greater or leas 
quantity in metalliferous veins as is galena. The locali- 
ties where zinc ores are abundant enough to be worked 
with profit are, however, not numerous. The uses of zinc 
are numerous and important. In combination with cop- 
per it forms the well-known alloy called brass, which has 
been known for an indefinite perioii ; it is also one of the 
ingi-edients of German silver. Zinc is largely used in the 
metallic form for roofing and for cornices and the like, 
also for coating or "galvanizing" sheet-iron to protect it 
from rusting, and as the electropositive element in many 
batteries. It is also somewhat extensively used as a paint, 
in the form of the oxid. This metal is usually a little 
more expensive than lead, and from half to a third as 
valuable as copper. Zinc belongs to the magnesium 
group of metals, in which are comprised glueinum, mag- 
nesium, zinc, and cadmium; these are all volatile, burn- 
ing with a bright flame when heated in the air ; they all 
form one chlorid and one oxid only. 'The common com- 
mercial name of zinc, as ottered for sale in flat cakes 
or ingots, is s/ielter.— BvMeT of zinc. See butterl.— 
Chlorid-of-zinc paste. See pasted.— Flowers of rinc, 
zinc oxid.— Granulated zinc, zinc reduced to the form 
of granules by pouring the molten metal into water. — 
Oleate-of-zinc ointment, t^eeoiniment.- Precipitated 
carbonate of zinc. See imcipUale.^Iiei oxid of zinc, 
redzincore. Sameaszj/iHfc- Ruby of zinc Seerufty. 
— Zinc ash, the impure gray oxid fonned when zinc is 
heated in contact with air. — Zinc caustiC, a mixture of 1 
part of zinc chlorid to 2 or 3 of flour.— Zinc cement, a 
cement composed of zinc oxid made into a paste with a so- 
lution of zinc chlorid. It hardens quickly, and may be used 
for stopping teeth and for other purposes. A cheaper form 
of zinc cement is made from conmiercial zinc white mixed 
with an equal weight of fine sand and made into a paste 
with a solution of zinc chlorid, and is used to fill cracks 
in metallic apparatus, and to cement glass, crockery, etc. 
E. H. Kniglit.—Zinc COllOid, a solution of 4 parts of zinc 
sulphate in 100 parts of styptic collodion.— Zinc green. 
Ointment, plaster, soap, white. See the nouns.— 
Zinc-oxid ointment. See ointment. 
zinc (zingk), r. t. ; pret. and pp. zincked, ppr. 
zincking. [< zinc, «.] To coat or cover with 
zinc. 
All the conditions under which the zincked pipe is to 
be used should be carefully considered. 
Jour. Franklin Inst., CXXX. 401. 
zinc-amyl (zingk'am''il), «. A colorless trans- 
parent liquid, Zn(C5Hij)2, composed of zinc 
and amyl. When exposed to the air it absorbs oxygen 
rapidly, emitting fumes, but does not take fire spontane- 
ously. 
zinc-blende (zingk'blend), H. Native sulphid 
of zinc ; sphalerite. Also called simply blende. 
zinc-bloom (zingk'blom), n. Same as hydro- 
zinkite. 
zinc-colic (zingk'kol'ik), «. A fonn of colic 
thought to be caused by zinc-oxid poisoning. 
zinc-ethyl (zingk'eth'il), n. A colorless vola- 
tile liquid, Zn(CoH5)2, having a peculiar but not 
impleasant smell, composed of zinc and the radi- 
cal ethyl. It has powerful atfinities for oxygen, igniting 
spontaneously on exposure to air. It is formed by heating 
zinc with ethyl iodide under pressure. Brande and Cojc. 
zincic (zin'sik), a. See zinckic. 
zinciferous, zincification, zincify, zincite. 
See zinkifcroiLS, etc. 
zinckenite (zing'ken-it), n. [Named after J. K. 
L. Zincken (1790-1862), a German metallurgist, 
mineralogist, and mining official.] A steel- 
gray mineral consisting of the sulphids of anti- 
mony and lead. 
zinckic (zing'kik),fl. [< zinc (zink) + -ic] Re- 
lated to, containing, or consisting of zinc. Also 
zincic. 
zinckiferous (zing-kif'e-ms), a. See ziukifer- 
niix. 
zincking (zingk'ing), )(. [Verbal n. of zinc, r.] 
The act of coating iron with a weak solution of 
sulphate of zinc, or ore of the double salts of 
chlorid of zinc and sal ammoniac. 
zinckite, ». See zinkite. 
zincky, a. See zinky. 
zinc-methyl (zingk''meth"il). w. A disagree- 
able-smelling mobile liquid, Zn(CH3)2. fuming 
in the air and readily igniting. 
zinco (zing'ko), n. [Short for zincograph.'] A 
plate in relief for printing, made by etching 
with acid a design on prepared zinc. [Eng.] 
