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Sherry :: Sherry (n.) A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down..

Filibuster :: Filibuster (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855..

Poncho :: Poncho (n.) A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service..

Spancel :: Spancel (v. t.) To tie or hobble with a spancel.

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

Adelantadillo :: Adelantadillo (n.) A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

Long :: Long (superl.) Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc..

Spang :: Spang (n.) A bound or spring.

Spangling :: Spangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spangl.

Bejewel :: Bejewel (v. t.) To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle.

Fourpence :: Fourpence (n.) A name formerly given in New England to the Spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents..

Capivi :: Capivi (n.) A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

Spaniard :: Spaniard (n.) A native or inhabitant of Spain.

Passacaglio :: Passacaglio (n.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne..

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..

Bolero :: Bolero (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it..

Romance :: Romance (n.) The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages)..

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person..

Magistral :: Magistral (n.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America..

Spangle :: Spangle (n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress..

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