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ZAAT, Ind. Division of people into tribes or sects.
ZAGAIE, Fr. A weapon made in the form of a long dart, which the Moors make use of in battle, and which they cast with extreme dexterity.
ZAIMS. Principal leaders or chiefs; after whom a mounted militia which they support and pay is called among the Turks.
ZAYM, Ind. A feudal chief, or military tenant.
ZEAL. More than common ardor for the good of the service.
ZEBANBUNDY, Ind. A deposition.
ZEINAUB, Ind. A term of distinction used to persons of rank or eminence.
ZEMEEN, Ind. Ground.
ZEMEENDAR, Ind. A person who holds a tract of land in his own right.
ZEMEENDARY, Ind. The lands of a zemeendar.
ZENITH, Zenith, Fr. The point or vertex in the heavens directly over one’s head. If we conceive a line drawn through the observer and the centre of the earth, which must necessarily be perpendicular to the horizon, it will reach to a point among the fixed stars called the zenith.
The zenith is directly opposite to the Nadir; one above our heads, and the other below our feet.
ZERAKET, Ind. Agriculture.
ZERB, Ind. A blow; a stroke.
ZERB SHALLAAK, Ind. A blow given with a stick.
ZIG-ZAG, Fr. A term used in mechanics. The working beams or balances which give motion to the several pumps to throw the water up from the river to the hill at Marly, near Paris, form a sort of zig-zag.
ZIG-ZAGS, in fortification, are trenches or paths with several windings, so cut, that the besieged are prevented from enfilading the besieger in his approaches.
ZIMRA, Ind. A certificate.
ZINDIGEE, Ind. Grain, cattle, lands, plantations.
ZIYAMUT, Ind. A fief bestowed for military services.
ZULLUM, Ind. Violence; oppression.
ZUROOREAT, Ind. Necessaries.
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