n. [ Cf. D. zand sand. ] (Zool.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. zand sand. See Sand, and Mole the animal. ] (Zool.) The sand mole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Zantewood. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic. (b) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Zanies [ It. zanni a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. &unr_;, Heb. Yōkhānān, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf. Jenneting. ] A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then write that I may follow, and so be
Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. t. To mimic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your part is acted; give me leave at distance
To zany it. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Comical in a clownish or buffoonish manner; whimsically comical. [ PJC ]

n. State or character of a zany; buffoonery. Coleridge. H. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]