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Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..

Jewel :: "Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels..

Sparpiece :: Sparpiece (n.) The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.

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

Sombrero :: Sombrero (n.) A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America..

Spangled :: Spangled (imp. & p. p.) of Spangl.

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

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

Vara :: Vara (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.

Water Dog :: Water dog () A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained..

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

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

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

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.

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..

Dispansion :: Dispansion (n.) Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded..

League :: League (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each..

Spane :: Spane (v. t.) To wean.

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

Outspan :: Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon..

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