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zincn.

Brit. /zɪŋk/, U.S. /zɪŋk/
Forms: 1600s–1800s zink, (1600s zinke, 1600s–1700s zinck), 1700s– zinc.
Etymology: < German zink (of obscure origin), whence also late 17th cent. French zinc (†zinch, †zin, †zain), Swedish, Danish zink, etc., modern Latin zincum.
a. A hard bluish-white metal (commercially known as spelter n.), brittle at ordinary temperatures, but malleable and ductile between 200° and 250°F.; obtained from various ores, esp. the sulphide (blende n.), the carbonate and silicate (calamine n., smithsonite n.), and the red oxide (zincite n.), and used for roofing, for coating or ‘galvanizing’ sheet-iron, and for numerous other purposes; it forms several alloys, of which the best known is that with copper called brass n. Chemical symbol Zn; atomic weight 65.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > zinc > [noun]
zinc1651
spelter1661
zingho1743
Zn1814
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > zinc
zinc1651
spelter1661
zingho1743
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 139 Any sulphurous, and imperfect metall, as Iron, Copper, or Zinke.
?1734 P. Shaw Chem. Lect. xviii. sig. Bb7 We took six Ounces of Copper, and melting it in a Wind-Furnance, added to it an Ounce of Zink.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. ii. 42 Zinc is one of the most combustible of the common metals.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xiv. 344 The metal zinc may be burnt in oxygen.
1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic viii Zinc's uncontrolled Flake-brilliance.
b. (with pl.) A plate of zinc used as the electropositive metal in a voltaic battery. (Cf. zincode n.)
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [noun] > pole > positive plate or pole
anode1834
zincode1839
zincoid1842
zinc1876
positive1881
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 29 If the zincs are scraped clean and the solution of sal-ammoniac kept up.
c. Galvanized iron. Chiefly S. Afr. and W. Indies. Cf. zinc roof n. at Compounds 3 below.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > coated iron
zinc1873
1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds xix. 252 These hoppers are made of perforated zinc, or wire, the latter being preferable.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together i. vi. 57 Surjue went through a zinc fence—through a hinged zinc sheet in a zinc fence that looked like a solid stretch of iron sheeting down one side of a lane.
1973 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 23 Jan. The brazier, zink bath and cooking utensils..were obtained from Coloureds in the area.
1977 Daily Express 29 Jan. 7/3 All six members of the cast take turns to strip off and bathe in a zinc bath.
d. The zinc-covered bar of a café or public house; by metonymy, a café. (A gallicism.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tap-room or bar > bar-counter
bar1592
bar-board1715
bar-counter1842
zinc1914
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > café or tearoom
tearoom1733
café1802
tea-garden1802
estaminet1814
cafeteria1839
coffee palace1879
coffee parlour1894
zinc1914
caff1931
pull-in1938
transport café1938
pantry1948
relais1957
kayf1962
izakaya1987
1914 19th Cent. Feb. 286 Elections are made or marred chez le marchand de vin, or, as the Parisians familiarly call him, le mastroquet... The ‘organised democracy marching towards the good of progress and liberty, etc.’..is in reality nothing else than the disorganised and demoralised plebs marching towards the zinc of the mastroquet.
a1936 R. Kipling Something of Myself (1937) iv. 81 My barmaid..had watched it [sc. evil] across the zinc she was always swabbing off.
1948 W. Fortescue Beauty for Ashes xx. 148 We even supplied a little bar with a zinc and a motherly Frenchwoman to look after it.
1965 V. Canning Whip Hand xii. 138 I..tottered to the nearest zinc, and called for a triple cognac.
1979 A. M. Stein Rolling Heads vi. 103 The last of the cafés shut down—it was a laborers' zinc down a back street.

Compounds

C1. General attrib.
a. Made or consisting of zinc.
zinc dish n.
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1883 Hardwich's Phot. Chem. (ed. 9) 330 Zinc dishes must not be used.
zinc filings n.
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1809 J. Murray Syst. Chem. (ed. 2) III. 305 The concrete phosphoric acid, heated with zinc-filings, is decomposed.
zinc gauze n.
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1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 214 The windows should be protected..with fly zinc-gauze.
zinc wire n.
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1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 58 He placed the zinc wire on the tongue.
b. Containing or made with zinc.
zinc amalgam n.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 166 Dilute muriatic acid, containing some wine stone and zinc amalgam.
zinc bath n.
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1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxvii. 339 During the year 1827, the venereal patients took on the whole 14 saline baths, 38 zinc baths.
zinc-lining n.
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1912 C. N. Moody Saints of Formosa vi. 132 Boxes had to be made or furnished with zinc-lining.
zinc lotion n.
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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 522 Zinc lotions.
zinc ointment n.
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1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxvi. 332 Zinc ointment.
zinc ore n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > zinc ore
gahnite1808
zinc ore1808
1808 T. Allan Alphabet. List Minerals 33 Gahnite..a species of zinc ore.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1330 The mineral genus called zinc-ore..is denser than either of the above.
zinc plaster n.
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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 579 A simple zinc plaster will be as much as the skin will tolerate.
c. spec. in names of chemical compounds.
zinc carbonate n.
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1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. 9 The precipitated zinc-carbonate is washed..by subsidence and decantation.
zinc oxide n.
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1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 223 Small quantities of iron and zinc oxides.
zinc salt n.
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1841 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 777 When hydroferrocyanic acid is added to a soluble zinc-salt.
d. Pertaining to or used in connection with zinc.
zinc furnace n.
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1878 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) IV. 1006 Zinc Furnace for the Distillation of Zinc combined with Lead.
C2. Objective and instrumental.
a.
zinc-etching n.
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1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 216 In the zinc-etching systems the gelatin is spread on the zinc.
zinc printing n.
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. (at cited word) Zinc printing..can be applied with great advantage for certain purposes in the etching style, for maps, plans,..&c.
zinc-worker n.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Zinc worker and drawer, a preparer of zinc for making into wire.
b.
zinc-coated adj.
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1930 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 121 749 An investigation of the corrosion fatigue of zinc-coated steel specimens.
1981 M. C. Smith Gorky Park iii. iv. 361 The sables..climbed zinc-coated mesh walls.
zinc-covered adj.
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1890 A. Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone xxx. 238 A very seedy-looking individual..was leaning with his elbows upon the zinc-covered counter.
zinc-lined adj.
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1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 385/2 The leather is rolled and compressed on a level zinc-lined wooden bed.
zinc-plated adj.
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1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 117 There is the rotunda of the Bank of England, with its many-slamming, zinc-plated doors.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IV. 531/1 Zinc-plated coatings are usually purer than hot-dipped coatings.
zinc-roofed adj.
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1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 312 The zinc-roofed bungalow.
zinc-topped adj.
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1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm (1940) xiii. 203 A zinc-topped bar and four marble-topped tables.
C3. Spec. comb.
zinc-air adj. applied to a type of primary cell employing a zinc anode, a porous carbon cathode able to utilize atmospheric oxygen, and an alkaline electrolyte.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [adjective] > primary > relating to
platinum-zinc1840
Smee1852
Weston1895
zinc-air1970
1970 C. L. Mantell Batteries & Energy Syst. vi. 63 These portable zinc-air batteries are being used in man~pack transceivers, night vision devices, and space satellite communications.
1978 Jrnl. Electrochem. Soc. 125 333 c/2 The Gould zinc-air button cell is..used in hearing aids and other devices which require a moderately high current.
zinc-alum n. (see quots.).
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1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. 46 Sulphate of Alumina and Zinc-oxide.—Zinc-alum = ZnO,SO3 + Al2O3,3SO3 + 24Aq.
zinc-amide n. (see quots.).
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1859 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XIII. 503 Action of Zinc-ethyl on Ammonia..after a little while, zinc-amide NH2Zn separates out.
zinc-blende n. native zinc sulphide = blende n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > zinc ore
calaminaris1577
calamine1601
calmy1658
calaminarya1661
mock ore1681
blende1683
lapis calaminaris1696
mock-leada1728
black jack1728
cadmia1753
cadmy1756
calamy1756
calmey1756
calamine stone1761
red zinc ore1781
zinc spar1796
zinc-blende1842
smithsonite1849
zincite1854
adamite1866
adamine1869
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > sphalenite group > zinc sulphide
mock ore1681
blende1683
mock-leada1728
black jack1728
zinc-blende1842
sphalerite1868
wurtzite1868
1842 T. Graham Elements Chem. ii. v. 573 The principal ores of zinc are calamine..and zinc blende.
zinc-bloom n. [translating German zinkblüthe (Karsten, 1808)] hydrous carbonate of zinc, hydrozincite.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hydrozinite
zinc-bloom1842
marionite1858
1842 T. Graham Elements Chem. ii. v. 575 The mineral substance, zinc bloom.
zinc chloride n. a white, crystalline, deliquescent solid, ZnCl2, used as a preservative, a flux, and in Leclanché cells.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > zinc > [noun] > compounds
white rust1677
zinc chloride1851
zinc sulphide1851
zinc-dust1877
1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. xxviii. 32 ZnCl, 9ZnO..[is prepared] by precipitating aqueous zinc-chloride with an insufficient quantity of ammonia and filtering immediately.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 984/1 Zinc chloride, ZnCl2, is produced by heating the metal in dry chlorine gas, when it distils over as a white translucent mass.
1981 Brady & Holum Fund. Chem. xx. 700 Zinc chloride, which is exceptionally soluble in water.., has a range of uses that extend from embalming, to fireproofing lumber, to the refining of petroleum.
zinc chromate n. a toxic, yellow, water-insoluble powder, ZnCrO4, used as a pigment.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
yelloweOE
motey1353
arsenica1393
orpimentc1395
auripigmenta1398
ochre1440
pink1464
massicot1472
yellow ochre1482
orpine1548
painter's gold1591
spruce1668
giallolino1728
king's yellow1738
Naples yellow1738
stil de grain1769
yellow earth1794
queen's yellow1806
chromate1819
chrome yellow1819
Oxford ochre1827
Indian yellow1831
Italian pink1835
Montpellier yellow1835
Turner1835
quercitron lake1837
jaune brillant1851
zinc chromate1851
zinc sulphide1851
brush-gold1861
zooxanthin1868
Oxford chrome1875
aureolin1879
cadmium yellow1879
Cassel yellow1882
Neapolitan yellow1891
zinc chrome1892
Mars1899
jaune jonquille1910
1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. xxviii. 48 The crystals..really consisted of ordinary zinc-sulphate containing small quantities of zinc-chromate intimately bound up with them.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IV. 571/2 Zinc yellow, a basic zinc chromate, is used as a corrosion-inhibiting primer on aircraft parts fabricated from aluminum or magnesium.
zinc chrome n. = zinc yellow n. below.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
yelloweOE
motey1353
arsenica1393
orpimentc1395
auripigmenta1398
ochre1440
pink1464
massicot1472
yellow ochre1482
orpine1548
painter's gold1591
spruce1668
giallolino1728
king's yellow1738
Naples yellow1738
stil de grain1769
yellow earth1794
queen's yellow1806
chromate1819
chrome yellow1819
Oxford ochre1827
Indian yellow1831
Italian pink1835
Montpellier yellow1835
Turner1835
quercitron lake1837
jaune brillant1851
zinc chromate1851
zinc sulphide1851
brush-gold1861
zooxanthin1868
Oxford chrome1875
aureolin1879
cadmium yellow1879
Cassel yellow1882
Neapolitan yellow1891
zinc chrome1892
Mars1899
jaune jonquille1910
1892 G. H. Hurst Painters' Colours iv. 132 Zinc chrome is a yellow pigment of good colour and body.
1963 Times 22 Apr. 6/5 Zinc chromes, with zinc chromate as the major constituent, form an important class of pigments.
zinc-dust n. zinc in the form of fine powder (often mixed with zinc oxide and other impurities), obtained by grinding, or in the extraction of zinc from its ores, and used as a deoxidizing agent and as a paint (see zinc-grey n.).
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > types of
lac1558
purpurin1558
colourish1598
earth1598
watercolour1598
earth colour1658
encaustic1662
lake1684
virgin tint1706
mosaic gold1746
bronze1753
gold bronze1769
cake colour1784
musive gold1796
sap-colour1816
repaint1827
moist colour1842
bronze powder1846
wax-colour1854
wax pigment1854
bitumen1855
chrome garnet1876
zinc-dust1877
zinc-powder1881
terra nera1882
earth pigment1900
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > zinc > [noun] > compounds
white rust1677
zinc chloride1851
zinc sulphide1851
zinc-dust1877
1877 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 32 468 Action of Zinc-dust on the Chlorides of Sulphoparabromobenzoic Acid.
zinc-foil n. thin sheet zinc.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > zinc > in thin sheets
zinc-plate1823
zinc-foil1851
1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. 4 To obtain zinc-plate, or zinc-foil, the metal cast in a tabular form is heated in a boiling solution of common salt, and then passed between rollers.
zinc green n. a mixture of zinc and cobalt oxides used as a pigment.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye
green1582
zinc green1847
1847 Brit. Pat. 11,616 5 Processes for manufacturing on a large scale zinc yellow..and zinc green.
1973 E. Lalor in T. C. Patton Pigment Handbk. I. 850/1 Much of the zinc yellow manufactured was mixed with Prussian blue to make various shades of a permanent zinc green.
zinc-grey n. (a) zinc-dust obtained by grinding in oil, used as a preservative paint for ironwork; (b) a colour resembling that of zinc.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > other greys
mode1868
elephant1875
zinc-grey1881
elephant-grey1896
peacock-grey1935
the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > grey pigment > [noun] > specific
French grey1564
Payne's grey1832
mineral grey1869
zinc-grey1881
charcoal grey1907
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 192 Zinc-gray, see Zinc-dust.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 3/2 Zinc grey is very much worn.
zinc-iron n. and adj. (a) n. an alloy of zinc and iron; (b) adj. consisting of zinc and iron.
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white metal1710
zinc-iron1849
nickel–iron1891
1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 177 The zinc-iron circuit.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 149 Kreittonnite, or Zinc-Iron Gahnite.
zinc orange n. a shade of orange.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [noun]
orange colour1512
orange1557
zinc orange1918
honeydew1949
1918 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 5 23 Gleba from pale ochraceous-salmon to zinc-orange.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (Color Charts) 122. Zinc orange.
1940 Proc. Royal Soc. 1939–40 B. 128 285 A[llomyces] macrogyna (Burma 3). Colour: Zinc orange.
1952 P. Drucker La Venta, Tabasco 103 Surfaces of Fine Paste Orange sherds range from Ferruginous..through Apricot Orange..to Zinc Orange.
zinc-plate n. = zinc-foil n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > zinc > in thin sheets
zinc-plate1823
zinc-foil1851
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > zinc > in plates
zinc-plate1823
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 126 A zinc plate of ten inches was immersed in the liquid.
zinc-powder n. = zinc-dust n.
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lac1558
purpurin1558
colourish1598
earth1598
watercolour1598
earth colour1658
encaustic1662
lake1684
virgin tint1706
mosaic gold1746
bronze1753
gold bronze1769
cake colour1784
musive gold1796
sap-colour1816
repaint1827
moist colour1842
bronze powder1846
wax-colour1854
wax pigment1854
bitumen1855
chrome garnet1876
zinc-dust1877
zinc-powder1881
terra nera1882
earth pigment1900
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > specific pigments
motey1353
green earth1634
terre-verte1658
Terra Sienna1760
Siena1787
gamboge yellow1807
zinc white1847
zinc-powder1881
1881 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 39 462 Two grams of the zinc powder are weighed out.
zinc roof n. S. Afr. and W. Indies a corrugated roof of galvanized iron.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > roof of other materials
leads1578
pantile roof1703
scale-roof1862
lead-flat1875
zinc roof1883
1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm I. i. i. 11 The zinc roofs of the out-buildings, the stone walls of the ‘kraals’, all reflected the fierce sunlight.
1946 U. Krige Way Out vi. 82 There was a mass of dry maize leaves under a zinc roof jutting out from the wall.
zinc scum n.
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1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 192 Zinc-scum, the zinc-silver alloy skimmed from the surface of the bath in the process of desilverization of lead by zinc.
zinc sheet n.
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1905 Times 6 July 14/6 Zinc sheets quiet at late rates.
zinc spar n. an old name for native zinc carbonate (= calamine n., smithsonite n. 2).
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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > zinc ore
calaminaris1577
calamine1601
calmy1658
calaminarya1661
mock ore1681
blende1683
lapis calaminaris1696
mock-leada1728
black jack1728
cadmia1753
cadmy1756
calamy1756
calmey1756
calamine stone1761
red zinc ore1781
zinc spar1796
zinc-blende1842
smithsonite1849
zincite1854
adamite1866
adamine1869
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > smithsonite
calaminaris1577
calamine1601
calmy1658
lapis calaminaris1696
ostracitis1706
cadmia1753
cadmy1756
calamy1756
calmey1756
calamine stone1761
zinc spar1796
smithsonite1849
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 236 Zinc Spar.
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zinc-spinel n. = gahnite n. (Dana Min. 1868).
zinc-sponge n. (see quot.).
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1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 110/2 The deposition of pure zinc is beset with many difficulties,..unless the conditions are closely watched, it is liable to be thrown down in a spongy form... Siemens and Halske have proposed the addition of oxidising agents such as free halogens, to prevent the formation of zinc hydride, to which they attribute the formation of zinc-sponge.
zinc sulphate n.
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1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. 14 The solution of zinc-sulphate is mixed with sal-ammoniac.
1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 398 Zinc sulphate..is used..as an emetic.
zinc sulphide n. (also zinc sulfide) U.S. a yellow, water-insoluble powder, ZnS, used as a pigment and as a phosphor.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
yelloweOE
motey1353
arsenica1393
orpimentc1395
auripigmenta1398
ochre1440
pink1464
massicot1472
yellow ochre1482
orpine1548
painter's gold1591
spruce1668
giallolino1728
king's yellow1738
Naples yellow1738
stil de grain1769
yellow earth1794
queen's yellow1806
chromate1819
chrome yellow1819
Oxford ochre1827
Indian yellow1831
Italian pink1835
Montpellier yellow1835
Turner1835
quercitron lake1837
jaune brillant1851
zinc chromate1851
zinc sulphide1851
brush-gold1861
zooxanthin1868
Oxford chrome1875
aureolin1879
cadmium yellow1879
Cassel yellow1882
Neapolitan yellow1891
zinc chrome1892
Mars1899
jaune jonquille1910
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > zinc > [noun] > compounds
white rust1677
zinc chloride1851
zinc sulphide1851
zinc-dust1877
1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. xxviii. 19 Nöggerath and Bischof..found in an old mine a quantity of zinc-sulphide mixed with washings of the ore.
1937 Discovery Feb. 44/2 The [television] screen is coated with a powder consisting of zinc sulphide and other chemicals.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 883/3 Zinc sulfide is insoluble in water but dissolves in mineral acids.
zinc-vitriol n. sulphate of zinc, white vitriol (R. Jameson Syst. Mineral., 1805, II. 35).
zinc white n. oxide of zinc used as a white paint.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > white pigment or paint
white leadlOE
whitea1300
blank plumbc1325
cerusec1405
white earth1448
Spanish white1546
litharge1551
mineral white1651
flake-white1660
Vienna white1816
permanent white1822
zinc white1847
constant white1854
Krems1854
Cremnitz1874
silver-white1875
lithoponea1884
baryta white1885
Charlton white1885
titanium white1920
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > specific pigments
motey1353
green earth1634
terre-verte1658
Terra Sienna1760
Siena1787
gamboge yellow1807
zinc white1847
zinc-powder1881
1847 Brit. Pat. 11,616 9 The dryer is added to the color prepared with the zinc white.
1849 Weale's Dict. Terms (at cited word) Zinc white is valuable..in painting, on account of its durability both in oil and water.
zinc yellow n. a greenish-yellow pigment consisting principally of zinc chromate.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > greenish yellow
olive yellow1829
oil-yellow1843
zinc yellow1847
oliveness1890
Vaseline1966
1847Zinc yellow [see zinc green n.].
1901 A. C. Wright tr. Bersch Manuf. Mineral & Lake Pigments xiv. 152 Zinc yellow may be prepared by the immediate precipitation of a solution of zinc sulphate by a solution of potassium chromate.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 889/1 Zinc yellow has a greenish cast because of a high content of chromic oxide.
C4. As adj.: Having a basically greyish colour.
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1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 11 Aug. (1977) 271 A zinc greengage or two.
1960 New Yorker 1 Oct. 44/2 Faultless eyes gone blank beneath the immense Zinc-and-gunmetal northern sky.

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zinc finger n. Biochem. a finger-like loop of peptides enclosing a bound zinc ion at one end, usually part of a larger protein molecule (esp. one regulating transcription).
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1985 EMBO Jrnl. 4 1613 (caption) The repeats are thought to be extended DNA-binding ‘fingers’ linked by flexible joints, each having a zinc ion centre.]
1987 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84 4841 A 30-amino acid peptide, which corresponds to the second ‘zinc finger’ domain of transcription factor IIIA, has been synthesized.
1988 BioFactors 1 34/2 Zinc fingers are postulated to bind selectively to control regions of the genomic DNA which is destined to transcribe 5S RNA.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

zincv.

Brit. /zɪŋk/, U.S. /zɪŋk/
Forms: Inflected zinced, zin(c)ked /zɪŋkt/, zincing, zin(c)king /ˈzɪŋkɪŋ/.
Etymology: < zinc n.
trans. To cover or coat with zinc or some compound of zinc (esp. ironwork, as a preservative from rust); to treat with zinc, add zinc to.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with metal > with specific metal
tin1398
leadc1440
ironc1450
lay1472
copper1530
braze1552
silverize1605
foliate1665
plate1686
whiten1687
foil1714
blanch1729
quicken1738
amalgam1789
quick1790
aluminize1791
plate1791
zincify1801
platinize1825
resilver1832
galvanize1839
electroplate1843
zinc1843
electro-silver1851
platinate1858
electrotin1859
white-lead1863
palladiumize1864
white-metal1864
brassc1865
nickelize1865
nickel-plate1872
nickel1875
stopper1884
electro1891
sherardize1904
steel1911
stellite1934
flame-plate1954
steel-face1961
1843 Pract. Mechanic & Engineer's Mag. 2 342 These processes enable us to zinc in an economical manner, iron, steel [etc.].

Derivatives

zinced adj. and n. /zɪŋkt/
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [adjective] > coated with zinc
zinced1841
sherardized1904
1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 353/2 Zinked nails and bolts.
1841 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 731 The advantage of zinced iron.
1890 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Nov. 401 The conditions under which the zincked pipe is to be used.
1895 Morris in Mackail W.M. (1899) II. 319 The little barn finished with a zinked iron roof.
zincing adj. and n. /ˈzɪŋkɪŋ/
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > coating with metal > with specific metals
leadingc1440
tinningc1440
foilinga1582
quickening1738
electroplating1840
zincing1841
retinning1843
palladiumizinga1851
acierage1852
platinizing1853
nickelization1857
quicking1863
brassingc1865
copperingc1865
nickel plating1870
nickelling1875
steel-facing1884
brazing1886
aluminizing1890
sherardizing1901
calorizing1930
aluminization1932
stelliting1934
anodizing1936
anodization1952
flame-plating1954
1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 328/2 Improvements..in tinning or zincing metal.
1843 Pract. Mechanic & Engineer's Mag. 2 342 An estimate for zinking the suspension bridge at Hungerford Market.
1891 J. A. Phillips Elem. Metall. (ed. 3) 700 Parkes's process, or, as it is now frequently called, ‘zincing’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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