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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