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Monte :: Monte (n.) A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards..

Aparejo :: Aparejo (n.) A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like..

Fandango :: Fandango (n.) A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced..

Spanned :: Spanned (imp. & p. p.) of Spa.

Rumney :: Rumney (n.) A sort of Spanish wine.

Chica :: Chica (n.) A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc..

Spanceled :: Spanceled (imp. & p. p.) of Spance.

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..

Orlo :: Orlo (n.) A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.

Mouille :: Mouille (a.) Applied to certain consonants having a liquid or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and –; in Portuguese, lh and nh..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d..

Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister..

Peon :: Peon (n.) A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt..

Spangle :: Spangle (v. t.) To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate..

#NAME? :: -esque () A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs..

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..

Armada :: Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558..

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

Esparto :: Esparto (n.) A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper..

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..

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