Z, the last letter of the English Alphabet, is a sibilant articulation, and is merely a vocal S. It bears the same relation to s, as v does to f. With us it has not a compound sound, nor is it a double consonant, as in the Italian and German. It is as simple in its sound as S.
As a numeral, z stands for 2000, and with a dash over it, z for 2, 000, 000. It is pronounced zee.
ZABAISM. [See Sabianism.]
ZACCHO, noun The lowest part of the pedestal of a column.
ZAFFER, noun The residuum of cobalt, after the sulphur, arsenic and other volatile matters have been expelled by calcination; so that it is a gray or dark gray oxyd of cobalt, mixed with a portion of silex.
ZANY, noun A merry andrew; a buffoon.
ZANY, verb transitive To mimic.
ZAPOTE, noun In Mexico, the generic name of fruits which are roundish and contain a hard stone; the species are various.
ZARNICH, noun [See Arsenic.] The name of a genus of fossils, which are inflammable, of a plain uniform structure, not flexible or elastic, soluble in oil, and burning with a whitish flame and noxious smell like garlic. This substance is supposed to be sulphureted aresenic. Of this genus there are four species; one the real sandarach; another is sold under the name of orpiment.