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1¡c:,.me:

lhe tranrmigradon

zcnd of ,he ,"'gi.

of fouls, and followiag the ZOLLERN. a ei,y of Cermany. in ,he eirde of

Sw.bi

.¡

capital of the

COUllly

Zollern,

and

Cubjeét

ils COlJot :

2ENITH. in aílronomy, the vertical point; or

point in

the

hcavc!oJ

c.lircélly

over

our

heaJl.

ZEPH.'\.NIAH. a e.nonie. 1 book of ,he Old Td!.m,nt.

eontaining ,he predíélion. of Zeph.niah ,he fon of Cun,i.

and granMon of Ced.liah; being ,he ni"

,h.of

,he ,\Velve

JdT.r prophc... He

propher.ed

in ,he time of king Jo–

fiah, a liu le: after the captivity of the ten tribes, and be–

fore ,h" of Jud.h; fu th.. he \Vas eo.temporary wi,h

J eremiah. He freely publifh.. 'o ,he Jew., ,hat \Vha<

increafed the divinc wrath againa Ihem, was their con–

tC'mpt of God's fc!rvicc,

lheir

apoflacy, theír treachery,

theír idolatry,

lhetr

Tiole",c~

and rapine, aad

othtr

enor–

rnities: fueh high provocatian,

[hcfe rendered their

deflruétion terrible,

uniTcrral,

and unavoidal>le: and

then, as

mon

of the prophcts do, he mingles exhorta–

riaos

wíth

rC'pentaoce, as lhe

only

expeditot in

{here

cir–

cumU.&Dces.

ZEPHYR• .the wen wind. or ,ha, whieh blo\Vs froOl ,be

cardioal poin, of ,he horizoo oppoGte

,he

e.CI.

ZEST. ,he woody thiek Ikin. quartering ,he kero.! of •

wal.ut

; preferibed by fome ph yfteians. wheo d,ieo and

tal--r:o

with

white-wiDe,

remedy

againfi the

grave!.

ZETETIC btETH OD. in malhem..ies. the method made

ufe of to inveftigale or fol.e a problem.

ZEUGMA. a figure in trammar, whereby aD .dje{\ive or

ver9

which

llgrees

with

nearer \t'brd,

alfo, by

w:ly

{upplelllent,

referred to

another

more remole.

ZEUS. iD ieh,hyology. a genu. belonging to the order of

lhoracici.

The

head is comprdfed,

and

declines, the up–

pCl' Jip being vaulted o:!er by a !ranfverfe.

me~br~ae;

,he

tongue is fubuJ;ned ; \here

are

feve.n rtys

the

glll -mem–

braoe ; aod the body i. eompreffcd. The fpedes are

(our. diClinguifhed by ,he tltape of ,heir "il•.

Z EBETHICUS. iD zoology. See C ASTO'.

ZINCIBER. in bOlany. See AM oMuM.

ZINK. See C.EMlSTRT. p. 90.

,06.143,

ZINZIBER. or Z ..GI.", G ,N GH. in bOlany. ,he na·

ked n.lked oval fpiked amomum. See AMOMUM, 3Dd

GING¡R.

ZIRANJA. in hotany a genu. phhe monoeda he..adria

ciar,. The

male

hin

no calix; the corolla confifl!

double-volved glume...i,hou, any awn . The f

,m.le

bao

no ealbe; the eorolla eonfiCl. of a fingle.nlved gluma

with

an awn

rhe aylus is

bifid;

and there is

bUI

one

feed _

The

fpecíes are tWO,

none

of IheOl natives

or Bri·

tain _

ZIZIPHORA. in botany• • genu. of ,he diandri. mono·

gyni? .

la!s. The coroll:L is ringent the

rllpfrior

labium

being r(Actled and

fmire ;

thr

c¡¡Jix

filiform;

and

Ihere

are four

Ceeds. The fp.ecie,

are

(our; none o( them

na·

tlY(s of Antain.

ZODI AC. in aClronomy• • f.reia or broad drde. whote

f.id

tht: ecliptic.

and

in ext remes IWO clrcJes

J'a.

rarl, I

thf relo, al

fúch

difL,nce

(rom 1I

bouod

cl¡n,Ofr-Ilt""cI Ihe

excurGon,

Ihe.[UD

aod

planeu . Sfe

A !L.TRONOMV.

G,u. ,.d E . long. 8

B '.

N . lat.

480 ,8'.

ZONE. iD geo&..phy and .Hronomy. a divi[¡OD of ,h.

terraqueous C1obe, with

rerpea

the

different degrecs

of he.. found iD ,he d,frercnt parts the"uf. See G EO–

GR APHV .

ZOOLOCY. ,he fei.neeofanim.I" SeeNAT"RAL (.J, -

STOR

v .

ZOOPHIT. in n.tural hiClory. a kind of in!<lmediale body.

panaking of

Ihe

nature

of a

fenfitive

and

a vegtlallle.

See NATURAL

HISTOR, Y.

ZOOTOMY. ,he aro of dil("e{\ing aniOl,I. or living eroJ–

usre" being

th!

Carne

with anatoOly.

See

i\NATOMY.

ZUG,

one of

the

camons

of Switzt!r1¡¡nd, is

furroundc:J.

the

cantons

Lucern, Zuricb, andSwitz;

and is

eigh–

teen

miles

long,

ana

ven

broad.

ZUINGLlANS. a braneh of ,he aocien, Chrifiian reform–

er,. or protefhnts;

called

from

their author

Huldric

Zuingliu9,

adi\·ioc of

Switz,::rhnd,

\Vho

foon

aftn

LUl ha

had dedarcd againfi ,he ¿hureh of Rome; and ¡', ing ,h, n

minifler

the church

Zuricb, fdl

wilh

him,

aoa.

p,eached

open~y

againll

indulgences.

the

rs,

lhe

('(Ii·

baey of ,h. cergy.

&c:

Wh.. he differed from LUlher

in,

cl)ocerned

the eucharifl:

for interpreting

hoe

~JI

(or

PUl lneUIn,

hoc jignijeQ( corpUJ

InrU1J/,

ml\inuine~t

that the

bread

aoei wine \Vere onl)! ligoi6cations of I!le

bo·

dy and blood of Jefu, ChriCl; \Vhereas Lu,her h<ld •

con{ubfiantiatioD.

ZURICH, a e2ntoD of Swi,zorland. boand, d by ,he e.nton

of Sehafl"haufeD on ,he Donh. by ,he ela'on of Appen·

zel on the eaCl. by -Zug and Swi,z on ,he fou,h. and by

Bero

and

Lucero on the weO¡· being.fifry

miles

long. and

fony

broad.

Zurich

alfo the

name

lhe capital

c:ty

ofthis

caOton,

Geuated

E. long 8° 30', and N. lat. 47°

52'.

is Jikewife the namt

a lake, tweoty-tour

m:ks

long•.

and

three

broad; at (he

fouth end

whi"h Ihe

city of Zurieh Claad••

ZUTPHEN. a eity ofa eouD'yof ,he fame name. in GlI·

dcd",nJ.

Gtuated on

the river Y

Cfcl,

fixteen

miles

north·

"CI of

Aroh.im

: E . lóng. 6°. N. lat . 12°

'5'.

ZUYDEltSEE. a gre.. bay of ,he Cerman ocian•. ",hieh

Jit:s.in

lhe

middJe of

,he

UOIted provinces, t;itving

the

iOands

Texcl,

Flie, and

SchellinJ!,.

the enrrance

Cif

it,

Ihe north

the

provinces of

Fridland, Overy(fcl.

and

Gelderlaod,

the ean; Urrecht, and

pan

Hol–

land.

on Ihe

{outh ;

;nd

anotnel'

pan

HolJand on

the

\Velt.

The

chicf

lown

is Amtlerd¡¡m-.

Z\VEIBRUCGEN. a eoun,y of ,he palalin"e of ,he

Rh lne. in Ce,many. fubj<él

,he duke of DeuxpoOls.

ZYCIEN .... ,n icJIlh)'ology. S..

S~"LUS.

ZYGOMA. in . nalomy. See ANATO,"Y p.152.

ZYGOMATI CUS, in .nOlomy, Se< ANATOM

;06.

ZYGO PHYLLUM. in botaoy. a g<ous

the

dCCdn,~ria

mon0l!ynlét elitfs.

The

coroHa conl;11s of (¡ve

leaves

the corolla of fi ve petab; the ncét<tl ium

confills

01 [eo

leaves,

rovering the g(rmen : and tr.r cJ pfu1e has fi"'·e

ccll~:Thcre

are B

fpcdcs,

none of lhcm

n¡ú'les

llrit.\iD.