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Zoetrope: Definition and part of speech

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Zoetrope

  1. n. An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Zohar: Definition and part of speech

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Zohar

  1. n. A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Zoilean: Definition and part of speech

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Zoilean

  1. a. Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Zodiac: Definition and part of speech

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Zodiac

  1. n. A girdle; a belt.
  2. n. An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun’s path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
  3. n. A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.