The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds.

  • Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897.
Date:
1892
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Credit: The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    YUK [510] ZWA Yolk, a local name In the Forest of I lean for masses of rotten stone intervening in the grey stone. Yoosser (Aral)ie), black coral. Yoluc Shilling, a name in Western Canada for the English sixpence. N ot, a Siamese land measure, equal to f)j statute miles. Vim it, the local name in Russia for leather made from heifer hides. Yukissrc, a popular Brazilian beveiase made from a palm fruit. z 7ACATON, a name in Mexico for broom-root, this is largely exported for brush-making from the port of Vera Cruz, to the extent of about OO.oiii) tons yearly : sec Broom Root. Zaccatilla, a commercial name for the female cochineal insect of Mexico, which has died naturally after the deposition of her eggs. Zaohin, a fat oil pressed from the seed of Balanites <enui>ti(ica. Zackel, a race of Austrian sheep, OiyU strepsiceros. Zakkoum Oir., an oil obtained in Palestine from the EUeafjims anyusti- folia. Zangar, an Indian name for verdigris. Zaptib, Turkish police. Zarafioo (Spanish), the great plover, Numenius arcuatiis. Zardozi, a name in India for velvet and cloth embroidered with gold or silver thread. Zebisb, a name for civet in Africa. Zebra 1'isir, an Australian fish of the Victoria coasts, Neotephrmops zebra. Zedjiiih, a Turkish tax on taverns. Zehner, an Austrian money of ten kreutzers. Zembeel (Arabic), a basket. Zenith, that point in the heavens which is directly over the observer's head. Zephyr Yarn, a name for dyed yarn or worsted ; in England usually called Berlin wool. Zeysoum, a name under which the dry flower-heads of Santolina fram'ani- issima are sold in the shops of Cairo, as a substitute for chamomile. Zickxein (German), a sucking pig. Zieqen (German), goats. Zinc. The imports of zinc now range from 57,000 to 01,000 tons annually, valued at £1,000,000. Zinn (German), tin, pewter. Zinzeyd, a name in Persia for the fruit of Elceagnua angustifolia, used as an article of dessert, being almost as large as a jujube. Ziricote, a wood of Honduras. ZlZEL, a name for the Hungarian marmot, Arctomvs citellus: see Suskl. Zlot, a name for the Polish florin of (id. Zoi, a weight used in parts of the Eastern Archipelago, of 12 gulas: sec GULA. Zoll-Centner, in Austria 1101b. Zoril, a variety of the American skunk. Zucker Wurzbl, the German name for the skirret root: sec Skirret. Zcmar, a classification in Tangier of ostrich feathers, which are preferable to long black feathers. Ztjmpun, a district officer in the Sutlej valley, subordinate to a garkoon. ZurirSEIDE (German), unravelled silk. Zurlo : Surlo, a Syrian weight of K'.s] lb. ZuRRUT, a name among some of the Arab tribes fordurra, Sorgh wm rulqare. ZwARTWiTPENS-BUCK fsEtjoeeros niger,', the sable antelope of South Africa. THE END. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding MCCORQUODA NDON—WORKS, NEWTON.