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Zadkiel. The literary sobriquet of Lieutenant Richard James Morrison, author of “The Prophetic Almanack,” after the angel of the planet Jupiter in the Jewish mythology.

Zantippe. After the wife of Socrates, whose name has become proverbial for a bad-tempered spouse.

Zanzibar. A European inversion of the Arabic Ber-ez-Zuig, the coast of the Zangis, or Negroes.

Zeeland. Expresses the Dutch for “Sea-land,” land reclaimed from the sea.

Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas. Duluth, so called from its picturesque situation at the western extremity of the Great Lakes.

Zoroastrianism. The religious system of the “Parsees” or Fire-worshippers, introduced into Persia by Zoroaster circa B.C. 500.

Zounds. A corruption of “His Wounds,” or the Five Sacred Wounds on the Body of the Redeemer. This oath was first employed by John Perrot, a natural son of Henry VIII. Queen Elizabeth was much addicted to the exclamation “His Wounds,” but the ladies of her Court softened it into “Zounds” and “Zouterkins.”

Zurich. From the Latin Thuricum, in honour of Thuricus, the son of Theodoric, who rebuilt the city after it had been destroyed by Attila.

Zuyder Zee. Properly Zuider Zee, the Dutch for “Southern Sea,” relative to the North Sea or German Ocean.

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21.27 Verses w[r]itten in praise or dispraise Inserted.

37.27 an officer in the First Del[e/a]ware Regiment Replaced.

40.30 From the way in which [b/h]e adjusts Replaced.

43.33 generally a hired assas[s]in Inserted.

94.30 After William Farrin[g]don Inserted.

101.5 [w/t]hen Prince of Wales Replaced.

117.13 in the river near[ near] Fort Niagara Removed.

123.34 [I/A]n inn sign anciently depicting Replaced.

134.28 Harvard U[u/n]iversity Inverted.

138.9 It was according[ing]ly in the heel Removed.

157.22 Maize, brought f[r]om the West Indies Inserted.

163.30 at the memorable s[ei/ie]ge of Ostend Transposed.

169.11 appl[i]ed to dried beef Inserted.

172.37 the great [lexocographer] Sic: lexicographer

179.12 K[ah/ha]n. Transposed.

199.3 from the Lat[a/i]n liber Replaced.

201.7 A distingu[i]shed musical executant Inserted.

208.37 in the manufacturing dist[r]icts Inserted.

216.4 in the her[io/oi]c defence of the city Transposed.

223.30 After the magnific[i]ent sepulchral monument Removed.

224.1 Maydew Che[e/r]ries. Replaced.

254.23 wore a grogram clo[c/o]ak Replaced.

277.3 From the Spanish [pegueno] nino sic: pequeno

285.22 and other public announc[e]ments Inserted.

309.32 his invention of [“]Prince Rupert’s Drops,” Added.

320.36 to the queen of[ of] Henry III. Removed.

327.9 A corruption of [“]St Chad’s Well,” Inserted.

329.33 being an abbrev[i]ation of “Companionship.” Inserted.

337.31 Called by the Ca[r]thaginians “Hispania,” Inserted.

340.27 Al[g]onquin for an Indian woman. Inserted.

354.27 A tavern sign off[,] Golden Square Removed.

358.15 the nickname be[s]towed by the Protestants Inserted.

366.5 Ur[a/u]guay. Replaced.

374.12 by weep[l/i]ng over the folly of mankind Replaced.

377.36 The [othordox/orthodox] or strict members Replaced.

381.26 and similar pe[r]petrations Inserted.

383.37 [Y]uletide. Restored.