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zinc       (zĭngk)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Symbol Zn A bluish-white, lustrous metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but malleable with heating. It is used to form a wide variety of alloys including brass, bronze, various solders, and nickel silver, in galvanizing iron and other metals, for electric fuses, anodes, and meter cases, and in roofing, gutters, and various household objects. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.39; melting point 419.4°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.133 (25°C); valence 2. See Table at element. tr.v.   zinced or zincked, zinc·ing or zinck·ing, zincs or zincks To coat or treat with zinc; galvanize. [German Zink, possibly from Zinke, spike (so called because it becomes jagged in the furnace), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko.]

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zinc
noun
1.	a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
verb
1.	coat or cover with zinc

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zinc       (zĭngk)  Pronunciation Key  Symbol Zn A shiny, bluish-white metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but is malleable when heated. It is used in alloys such as brass and bronze, as a coating for iron and steel, and in various household objects. Zinc is essential to human and animal growth. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.39; melting point 419.4°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.133 (25°C); valence 2. See Periodic Table.

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zinc (zĭngk)
n.
Symbol Zn
A metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but becomes malleable when heated. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.39; melting point 419.5°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.133 (25°C); valence 2.

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Main Entry: zinc
Pronunciation: 'zi[ng]k
Function: noun
: a bluish white crystalline bivalent metallic element of low to intermediate hardness that is anessential micronutrient for both plants and animals —symbol Zn; —see ELEMENT table

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Zinc, AR (town, FIPS 77600) Location: 36.28531 N, 92.91526 W
Population (1990): 91 (39 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Ni"hil\, n. [L.] Nothing.

Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc.

Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt.

Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.

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Wool\ (w[oo^]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. [=u]r[.n][=a] wool, v[.r] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf. Flannel, Velvet.]

1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin.

2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Wool of bat and tongue of dog. --Shak.

3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

Dead pulled wool, wool pulled from a carcass.

Mineral wool. See under Mineral.

Philosopher's wool. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, under Zinc.

Pulled wool, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide.

Slag wool. Same as Mineral wool, under Mineral.

Wool ball, a ball or mass of wool.

Wool burler, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth.

Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool.

Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes.

Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a.

Wool sorter's disease (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep.

Wool staple, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.]

Wool stapler. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes.

Wool winder, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale.

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