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Calcavella :: Calcavella (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.

Duenna :: Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family..

Tug :: Tug (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort..

Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors..

Inquisition :: Inquisition (n.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy..

Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.

Lusitanian :: Lusitanian (a.) Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal..

Tugged :: Tugged (imp. & p. p.) of Tu.

Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.

Fiscal :: Fiscal (n.) The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.

Moidore :: Moidore (n.) A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling..

Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..

Crusado :: Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents..

Tugging :: Tugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tu.

Infante :: Infante (n.) A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent..

Trace :: Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug..

Portuguese :: Portuguese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.

Physalia :: Physalia (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.

Lotus :: Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it..

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..

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