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Machete :: Machete (n.) A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes..

Pair :: Pair (n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen..

Spanked :: Spanked (imp. & p. p.) of Span.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly..

Spanworm :: Spanworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm..

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

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

Carack :: Carack (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.

Star :: Star (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems..

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

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

Se–or :: Se–or (n.) A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman..

Toon :: Toon (n.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

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

Hidalgo :: Hidalgo (n.) A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class..

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle..

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..

Tillandsia :: Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses..

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

Saddle :: Saddle (n.) The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors..

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