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Zar: A unit of measurement used in carpet-making, which is somewhere between one yard and one metre in length.

Zaranim: A term given to a measurement of one and a half Zars, and which is about 5feet (1.53 metres), and is the typical width of many Oriental rugs.

Zebrawood: This South American wood, mainly brown in colour, takes its name from its distinctive black stripes. It was used as a veneer, mainly for inlay, marquetry and parquetry.

Zoëtrope: An early effort in the field of animation, this was composed of a revolving cylinder of quite large diameter, into which a circular strip of card with pictures was placed. When the cylinder is spun, the pictures appear to move.

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