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Yule
n.
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Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
Yuletide
n.
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Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
Yumas
n. pl.
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A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.
Yunx
n.
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A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
Yupon
n.
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Same as Yaupon.
Yux
n. & v.
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See Yex, n.
Yvel
a. & adv.
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Evil; ill.
Ywar
a.
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Aware; wary.
Ywis
adv.
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Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.
Za
n.
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An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.
Zabaism
n.
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Alt. of Zabism
Zabism
n.
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See Sabianism.
Zabian
a. & n.
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See Sabian.
Zacco
n.
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See Zocco.
Zachun
n.
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An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.
Zaerthe
n.
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Same as Z/rthe.
Zaim
n.
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A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.
Zaimet
n.
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A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.
Zain
n.
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A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.
Zalambdodont
a.
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Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.
Zalambdodont
n.
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One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.
Zamang
n.
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An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree.
Zambos
pl.
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of Zambo
Zambo
n.
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The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.
Zamia
n.
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A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.
Zandmole
n.
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The sand mole.
Zante
n.
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See Zantewood.
Zante currant
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A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.
Zantewood
n.
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A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.
Zantewood
n.
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Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).