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Meliaceous :: Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Banner :: Banner (n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner..

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..

Span :: Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used..

Span-new :: Span-new (a.) Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.

Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..

Spancelled :: Spancelled () of Spance.

Spandogs :: Spandogs (n. pl.) A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.

Overspan :: Overspan (v. t.) To reach or extend over.

Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..

Hammochrysos :: Hammochrysos (n.) A stone with spangles of gold color in it.

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc..

Shilling :: Shilling (n.) The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2..

Bespangling :: Bespangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespangl.

Spang :: Spang (v. t.) To spangle.

Ninepence :: Ninepence (n.) A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents..

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Spaniel :: Spaniel (n.) A cringing, fawning person..

Spank :: Spank (v. i.) To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly..

Spanish :: Spanish (n.) The language of Spain.

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