Zinc

zink, n. A metal of a bluish white color, with a strong luster spelter is not brittle, but le malleable than copper, lead, or tin. — v. [zincked (zinkt), zincking.J To cover or coat with zinc. [F. G. zink perh. tin, q. v.] — Zinciferous, zin-sif'Sr-us.Zinkif'erous, a. Containing or affording zinc. [L. ferre, to bear, produce.] — Zinc'ite, zink'It, n. A brittle, translucent mineral, of a deep, red color, and consisting chiefly of oxide of zinc. — Zincog'rapher, n. An eng i aver on zinc. [Gr. graphein, to draw.] — Zincographlc, -ical, o. Of, or pert, to zincography.— Zincog'raphy, n. Engraving on zinc in the style of wood-cuts.—Zinc'oas, -us, Zink'y, a. Of, or pert, to, zinc; pert, to the positive pole of a galvanic battery.— Zinc'-white, n. The oxide of zinc, a pigment largely used in the place of white lead.