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Z E

Z.~NTE,

:lO

ifhnd in

the

l\fcdillrran~

;i.lI

(C,I,

rj'U;\1 ~J

F..

long.

21°

301,

N. lat . 37° 50', bein!:

a~Jut

t\YI!Oty

fou r

m:l<:s IO:-lg.

tl.nd

twelve bfuuL Thl!

chicf

l QWn

¡,

Zanr,

aod i. GI.atcd

Ihe cafl Gde of Ihe inol1d, b,iog well

(orti6ed .od dder.dcd hy a call1,.

Z APATA, a kiod of fe.11 or «remooy held io Italy, in

(he

COUrts

of ceruio

priAces,

on St

Nicholn's

d:ly ;

wherein people hide pre(ents in the

rhO€l

or flippers

(lf

tho(e they would do honour to,_in

fu eh

manncr as may

fu rprife them on the morrow whcn

they

come to

drtfs

being done

imitation of the pra8:ce of Sr Nicholtls,

who u(ed in the night-time

throw

rurfcs

of mooey in

at the

\Villdow~.

marry poor maids wi.hll.

Z .~ RA

•• cily of D jlmatia, filu.,ed

,he gulph of Ve·

oiee:

long.

1_7°,

N. IÓlt.

44°.

ZARN !\\V•• dly

Polad, io Ihe Plo.inee of L :ttle

Poland aod pal..inate of Saodomir, filuated E . long .

20",

N .

Ia<.

51° 30'.

ZE~.i\., n~OIA~

CORK,

in botany, a genus of die monoecia

lri. Ddria cl.&s

The calix

of 1he

m'tlc

¡,.

double

flow–

ered glume, v."ithout

~ny

f\WD;

the corolia is likewife

a glum..:, without any awn; the calix

1.nn

corolla oJ

lhe

maJe confifts each of

lWQ

valves

the {lylu5 is 61iform,

and pendulcus ; .nd {he feeds are fo!it<H)', being funk

.2.0

oblor.g receptacle. There is

bUl

one fpecies. a

D4tiv.e

of Am: rica.

ZEAL, the exereife of

Watm aOlmated affcélion, or Baf–

lion, for ar.y thing.

ZEAL.>\ND ,he chief of ,he n..nilh ifl,nds, i, Gluat,d

,he <n",oc< of ,he Bdltie-fea, bounded by ,he Sch'gger–

rac.(e;¡¡

00 lhe:

north ;

the SouDd

which reparates

from Sehooen, on· ,he eatl; by ,he Bahic-fe., on ,he

faulh; and by Ih< flrai, eall,d ,he Gre.. Beh, whieh

{epar,Hcs

froOl

{he

iflAnd of

Funen,

the

wdh berng

of a round figure. nea r twa

hunured

miles

ro circumre·

rencc: ,he chicf town is Copenha&en.

Z!ALA ND,

is alfo

province of

the Uniltd

Netherlands,.

conlilliog of' eighl ifl.nds, whieh lie in' Ihe

m~ulh

of the

river Seheld, bounded by ,he province of

HolI.od

, from

which

they

are fcpa rated

a n;\rrow chahnel. on the

nonh;

l:l r'~'ml,

the eafl;

Flande", frol'\

whieh Ih<y are fepar.ted by eoe of Ihe br.oehes of Ihe

Schdd.

00 lbe [ouln ;.

aod

by.lhe German

occan. 0:1

(he

welf.

ZE>\LOTS.•• ancien' feél of Ihe J ew" fo call, d from their

pr~tcnded

ze.li

fo(

GJd',

h.w,

anu

the

honaur

of rcligioo.

Z EIl R>\, in zoology

Se<

EQ.uo

, .

Z ECH.>\RIAH , • eanonie.1 book of Ih< Old Tefl. mellt,

containí ng the

prediet:ians

Zochariah ,

the fon

DMa–

chi., and grzndfo8 of ldJo. H e i. tho·<kv<nth of Ihe

two:lve

Idra

prophets . Zechari"h

(ntered'upon the

pro–

l'he!ic officc: at lhe félanc

linle

with

l-hgg-aí,

and was

f(nt

lhe

Jews

upon

lhe

f¡me nuffage,

reprove

them for

their bat:kwardnefs in

erréting

the temple,

and rcfloling

.Jivlr,e

worfhip;

but efpecially for

(t:c

diforder of

Ihe:r

Ji HS

anu

r.létnners,

which

co~ld

nOl bU I

derive a

carfe

Llpon

lht'm.

[evc:ra

notable virions and typt:" he

eride<lvours to con6rm their faith,

ano

dlabJiOl

their af·

ruranee

coneeroiog God's providenee

with

them,

anJ

care over

,heol

t;-.d ;¡s :t proof :lcii dcmonrlration of this,

interfperfc:s ,he mofl comfon al:1c:

pro~nires

of the

Illingof

{he

kio~jom,

the

{em .llc:, tbe

pnclthood

the

l'JC·

lor y,

t>, z

gL>ry

Ch ri(l

~1Ic:·.ll l ant;!1. N~'rdt)-:s

he (or-

Z E TI

ge(

a:rm\! tllt;m

lhe ruin of

Blbylon,

lh:ir mc,.{l

irn~

pl.lCable enem l . This prophe l is Ihe loooell and mofl

oblcnre of.1I

,he Iclb

prophclS , bi. IlylcO being ialer ·

rllpted

and

withollt

conll:(lion.

ZEDúARY, in the

matcria medica,

root,

the

fenra l

pieces

of which differ

m.Jeh from one

anolher

in 013pe,

that they

have bctn dividi..d .ioto

t\Vo

kinds. as if

two

dilTerent things, under the

na liJes

of the long and

round

z.edoary, beinJ! only

the

fever:¡J

parlS

of tht:

fame

root .

Zedoary is

be chafen

freíh, lound,

2nd

hard,

in l.erge

picces ;

matters

not as

nlape.

whetber

long

rouod

a fmoOlh [urface,

and

o.f

10n

f<ttty

"'ppearance

within, too

hard

be binen.

the

teeth,

¡nd ot the

brifl,ell fmell

,hat

mayobe; fueh

i. fhable, dufiy, acd

worm-caten.

rcjctled .

Zedoary, bOlh of Ihe loog and round kind, is brooght

u¡

from Chin;t ;

dnd we lino

(he Arabians, that they

.Ifo had it from Ihe fame place. The round lub"" are

lefs frequer., ,h.n ,be long, .nd fome of ,hem have there–

(ore fuppofed them Ihe produce of

d,ffereo, and more.

rar.e: plant.;

~ut

thi!:.is

not fa probable: as that

lhe

,ene–

r~1 f~r;n

of ,he rOot

rong. ar,d (he round tubera are

00"

Jy~

lufus natUJ1:,

and

lefs frequent in ¡t.

Zedoary,

dillilJed

Wilh

commo:l water, affords

thici(:

O1nd

denfe

drt:ntial oil,

whieh

foon

coecretes

itfelf

lotO

a kind of camphor,

aad

this

oil iu yirtuC:s

principAlJy.

depend o

is a fudorifi:, and is mueh recornmended by

fome in fevers, efpeeially of Ibe malignan, kinds.

alfo giyc-n with

fuccefs

as an

exp~él:oraot

in all diforders..

of Ihe brean, atiñog from a lOugh pblegm, whieh i,

powerfully incides

and

attenuates ;

is alCo

good

ag;\infl

Bitulences. and

in ¡he cholk

¡t. !1rengthens

lhe fiomlch,

and

affifts

djgefiion

anu,

fin,dly,

is given with fuccefs

¡"

nervous cafes of all kiods.

ZELL, a eily of Germany, io the eirele of Lower

S.xo

–

oy, capital of ,he duchies of Zell and

Lunenb.rg

, tilUa–

red

,he eooOuence of ,he rivers Aller and Fuhfe, ,hir–

, y miles non h of H anoo<r, .nd· fon] fau.h of Lonen–

borg: E . loog.

10·,

N. la<.

p'.

ZEND,

ZENDAVESTA,

a book

containing

the

religion

of Ihe Magian., or worlhippers of fire, who "'ere dir-

ciple. of Ihe famou. Zoroaller. Se<

MAGI. .

Tbis hook Wa9 eompofed by Zoroaller dllriog hi. re–

tirement in

a·es-ve,

and

contlined.all tbe

pretended

reye–

htioos of Ihat impofior. The 6dl pan cootains ,he li–

,urgy of ,he magi, whieh is ufeJ' among ,hem ",. aU'tHeir

oralories and fire-tcOlplcs

th:s day;

they

reverence

as ,he Chrifliaos do ,he Bible, aDd the M.hometans-Ihe

*onn. There

are

fouad

many

things

lhe

zend

taken

Out

of lhe feriplUres of ,he Old Tdlanlen', whlCh

Dr.

Prideaux

thinks

an argument

thu

Zoroi4ner

\\'<3S

ori·

ginally

Je\V.

Gre.. pa" oí lhe

Pf.lm,

of D .lvld are

inferted:

makes

Ada",

anu

Eve

have

!leen thl! lirft

paren" of

m.n~ind,

••

gi.l·cs roe fame hillory

01 ,he

creation aod

dcluge

r,lofl.:5

does, and

command~

the

fame obfervallees

abou t

ele"o

~nd

uncleao bea(h_ the lame

Jaw cjf

paying

lythes

the raet:rdou l arder, with

many

o,her inflilu,ioDS of Jewilh ex"aéhoo. The rell of IU

conteots

are

hiUoricdl

account of

the

l1fc:, :.él.ions,

and

prophecics of its author, with rules and

exhonatio'nt

nloralliving .

The

MJhometdnS

have

fetl

which

{!ley

e.1I

Zendiki,~"

who are faid 'o be Ihe S.Jdueees ,·f

M,a–

homctanlCm,

dcn~ing

rovidcuce 30d·the r.cf1.Orrc:Üwn, h:-

¡ic"og