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Show Z & {et down by grammarians, bu is read in no word originall Teutonick : its found is uniformly tha of an hard S. No word of Englifh original begins with Z Z A'FFAR ST ZiRri Powder the calx of cobalt fine, and mix it wit being wette wit flints thi concrete int of powdere commo water a mafs called zaffre, which from its hardnefs ha Hill been miftaken for a native mineral Cobalt being fublimed, the flowers are of a blu colour; thefe German mineralifts called zaffir Woodward The artificers in glafs tinge their glafs blue wit Boyle on Colours that dark mineral zaphra ZA'Ny. 2 f. [probably of zanei traCtion of Giovanni: fro {coff, according to Sizzner. ployed to raife laughter by hi altions, and fpeeches ; a merr a buffoon the conJfanna, One emgeftures Andrew Some carrytale, fome pleafeman, fome flight zany Some mumblenews, fome trencher knight, fom Dick Shakefpeare ‘Told our intents before Then write that I may follow, and fo b Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany I fhall be thought, if mine like thine I thape All the world's lion, thoughI be thy ape. Donne Oh, great reftorer of the good old ftage Preacher at once, and zany, of thy age Pope's Dunciad Zarnich is a fubftanc ZA'rRNICH. n. in which orpiment is found; it approaches to the nature of orpiment, bu without its luftre and foliated texture The common kinds of zarnich are gree Hill's Materia Medica and yellow ZEAL. 2. f. [&inos s =elus, Latin.] Paffionate ardour for any perfon or caufe In this prefent age, wherein zea/ hath drowne charity and fkill, meeknefs will not now fuffer an man to marvel, whatfoever he fhall hear reprove Hooker by whom{oever If I had had time to have made new liveries, would have beftowed the thoufand pound I borrowed of you: but it is no matter, this poor the doth better; this doth infer the zea/1 had to fe him Shakefpeare's Henry 1V O Cromwell, Cromwell Had I but ferv'd my God with half the zea I ferv'd my king, he would not in mine ag Have left me naked to mine enemies Shakefp The bare fervour and zea/ is taken in commutation for much other piety, by many the mof eager contenders Among the feraphim Hammond Abdiel, than whom none with more ea/ ador' The Deity, and divine commands obey'd Stood up Z 5. B L Is found in the Saxon alphabet three times its weigh and in a flame of =zeal feyere The current of his fury thus oppos'd Milton's Paradife Lsft .Ha Zeal ancientl arme itfelf againft fove reignty, we had never heard ofa calendar of faints Holyday We muft look our prayers be with zea/ an earneftnefs : it is not enough that we fo far atten them, as barely to know what it is we fay, but w muft put forth all the affeGtion an our fouls Zeal, th She wit As women The father devotion o Duty of Man blind conduétor of the will." Dryden fuch a zea/ the caufe embrac'd, where they will, are all in hafte mother, and the kin befide Were overborne by the fury of the tide. Dryden The princes applaud with a furious joy And the king feiz'd a flambeau with zea/ to deDryden ftroy Serioufnefs and zea/ in religion is natural to th Tillotfon's Sermons Englith Good men often blemith the reputation of thei piety by overaling fome things in their religio by an indifcreet zeal about things wherein religio Tillotfon is not concerned True zeal feems not to be any one fingle affection of the foul, but rather a ftrong mixture o many holy affections; rather a gracious conftitu tion of the whole mind, than any one particula grace, fwaying a devout heart, and filling it wit all pious intentions; all not only uncounterfeit Spratt's Sermons but moft fervent When the fins of a nation have provoked Go to forfake it, he fuffers thofe to concur in the mof pernicious counfels for enflaving confcience, wh pretend to the greateft zeal for the liberty of it Stilling fleet This rebellion has difcovered to his majefty who have efpoufed his interefts with zeal or indifAddifor's Freebolder ference A fcorn of flattery and a zeal for truth. Pope There is nothing noble in a clergyman but burning zeal for the falvation of fouls; norany thin poor in his profeffion {pirit but idlenefs an worldl Law ZEea'LoT. 7. /. [zelotenr, Fr. Conwrns. One paflionately ardent in any caufe Generally ufed in difpraife But now wherea thefe zealots complain of u for partaking with the Roman church in thing lawful and good, they themfelves comply with th {ame in articles and actions which are of no goo te Wh y quali dian ne te bi in ef in s lo ze o fu Th vifion, were the greateft occafton of the deftrucs rl Ch Ki le uf Je o tio lo ze f at gr th e of to me f th no Ar ul fh zea tr n or ig l on or no mo who ar always begin with true knowledge, and thence pro on i wh fo n fi pa ie ea un a t cee knows to be worthy of fuch paffion Spratt lo zc ud de f th o ma f th de No wo fir a th c wh f ca i ag en have bee ce fu tl} fo e aé o he wi ha 2n abhorred exth i e en ha h mi th e of an enterpri tirpation of the proteftant religion Zea'r.ous. adj. [from =eal. pafiionate in any caufe Addifon Ardentl enin ou an Go wi h ri Our hearts ar r \Y: ir aff or fi[ tc ou tions pious, if we at io ac i an it ef pe ou defire no greater th of religion we be zealous, a&ive, and operative, f Taylor far as prudence will permit This day, at height of noon, came to my fpher A fpirit zealous, as he feem'd, to kno 2Milt, Par. Loft More of the Almighty's works We fhould be not only devout towards God, bu mealous towards men ;3 endeavouring by all pruden means to recover them out of thofe {nares of th devil, whereby they are taken captive. Dec. of Piety It is not at all good to be zealous againft an It is bette perfon, but only againft their crimes to be zealous for things than for perfons ; but the it thou!d be only for good things : a rule that doe certainly exclude all manner of zeal for ill things all manner of zeal for little things Spratt's Sermons Being inftruéted only in the general, and zzalou in the main defign; and as finite beings not admitted into the fecrets of government, the laft reforts of providence, or capable of difcovering th final purpofes of God, they muft be fometime ignorant of the means conducing to thofe ends i Dryden which alone they can oppofe each other Being thus faved himfelf, he may be zealous i Lazv the falvation of fouls Zea'LousLY. adv. [from =ealous.] Wit paffionate ardour Thy care is fixt, and zealoufly attends To fill thy odorous lamp with deeds of light MMilton And hope that reaps not fhame To enter into a party as into an order of friars with fo refigned an obedience to fuperiors, is ver unfuitable with the civil and religious liberties w Sawift fo zealoufly affert ZEA'LOUSNESS. 7. /. [from zealous.] Th quality of being zealous Ze'cuiN z / [fo name fro Zecha a place in Venice, where the mint i fettled for coinage.] A gold coin wort about nine fhillings fterling ZE DOARY #. /. [xedoaire, French. {picy plant, fomewhat like ginger in it leaves, but of a fweet {cent ZEep. n. /. The name of the letter = Thou whorefon zed, thou unnecefary letter Shake[peare Ze'~xitu. n /. [Arabick.] The poin over head oppofite to the nadir Fond men! if we believe that men do liv Under the zenith of both frozen poles Though none come thence advertifement to give Why bear we not the like faith of our fouls Dawies Thefe feafons are defigned by the motions o the fun; when that approaches neareft our zenith or vertical point, we call it fummer Brown's Vulgar Errours ZE PHYR n. f [ zephyras, Latin. The weft wind ZE'PHYRUS poetically, any calm foft wind and They are as gentl As zephyrs blowing below the violet. Shak. Cymb Zephyr you fhall fee a youth with a merry countenance, holding in his hand a fwan with wing difplayed, as about to fing. Peacham on Drawving Fort |