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

Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..

Spannishing :: Spannishing (n.) The full blooming of a flower.

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

Bastard :: Bastard (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.

Mizzen :: Mizzen (n.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker..

Signior :: Signior (n.) Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Se–or.

Cantharidin :: Cantharidin (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms..

Inca :: Inca (n.) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun..

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

Arroba :: Arroba (n.) A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir..

Picaresque :: Picaresque (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer..

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..

Spanpiece :: Spanpiece (n.) The collar of a roof; sparpiece.

Spang :: Spang (v. i.) To spring; to bound; to leap.

Spanaemia :: Spanaemia (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient..

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

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) One who, or that which, spans..

Spanking :: Spanking (a.) Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing..

Spanking :: Spanking (a.) Large; considerable.

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