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Olla-podrida :: Olla-podrida (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables..

Fanega :: Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land..

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

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

Cocker :: Cocker (n.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc..

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose..

Ombre :: Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons..

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse..

Starred :: Starred (a.) Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.

Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..

Splashed :: Splandrel (n.) See Spandrel.

Spaniel :: Spaniel (v. t.) To follow like a spaniel.

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..

Spaniel :: Spaniel (a.) Cringing; fawning.

Fippenny Bit :: Fippenny bit () The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States..

Inspan :: Inspan (v. t. & i.) To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle..

Driver :: Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker..

Bespangled :: Bespangled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespangl.

Sack :: Sack (n.) A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Quietist :: Quietist (n.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism..

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