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Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..

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

Spangly :: Spangly (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light..

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..

Span :: Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder..

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

Banner :: Banner (n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner..

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..

Bespangling :: Bespangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespangl.

El Dorado :: El Dorado () A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones..

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Saraband :: Saraband (n.) A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself..

Starstone :: Star-spangled (a.) Spangled or studded with stars.

Hacienda :: Hacienda (n.) A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions..

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..

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..

Spanking Breeze :: Spanking breeze () a strong breeze.

Span :: Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports..

Pavan :: Pavan (n.) A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.

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..

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