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spanish
(mass)
Spanish
- španielský, Španiel, španielčina
spanish
(encz)
Spanish,Spanish n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
spanish
(encz)
Spanish,Španěl n:
spanish
(encz)
Spanish,španělský adj:
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Spanish,španělština n:
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Spanish
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, n.
The language of Spain.
[1913 Webster]
spanish
(wn)
Spanish
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the
people of Spain; "Spanish music"
n 1: the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the
countries colonized by Spain
2: the people of Spain [syn: Spanish, Spanish people]
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Spanish
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spanish
(encz)
Spanish,Spanish n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladSpanish,Španěl n: Spanish,španělský adj: Spanish,španělština n:
spanish america
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(encz)
Spanish bayonet,
spanish cedar
(encz)
Spanish cedar,
spanish dagger
(encz)
Spanish dagger,
spanish division
(encz)
Spanish Division,
spanish fly
(encz)
Spanish fly,Puchýřník lékařský n: (brouk) macska
spanish guinea
(encz)
Spanish Guinea,
spanish iris
(encz)
Spanish iris,
spanish lime
(encz)
Spanish lime,
spanish mackerel
(encz)
Spanish mackerel,
spanish main
(encz)
Spanish Main,
spanish moss
(encz)
Spanish moss,
spanish needles
(encz)
spanish needles, n:
spanish rice
(encz)
Spanish rice,
spanish sahara
(encz)
Spanish Sahara,
spanish-american
(encz)
Spanish-American,
spanish-speaking
(encz)
Spanish-speaking,španělsky mluvící adj: Zdeněk Brož
spanishize
(encz)
Spanishize,
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(encz)
Spanishizes,
white spanish broom
(encz)
white Spanish broom, n:
spanish
(czen)
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Black Spanish
(gcide)
Black Spanish \Black Spanish\
One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic
fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright
red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as
egg layers.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
double Spanish burton
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish bayonet
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants
having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy
white blossoms.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as {Yucca
aloifolia}, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata)
are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer
leaves (Yucca filamentosa) is called bear grass,
and Adam's needle.
[1913 Webster]

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
Yucca.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish bean
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish black
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish broom
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]Broom \Broom\ (br[=oo]m), n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin
to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G.
brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
and large yellow flowers.
[1913 Webster]

No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]

2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
originally made of the twigs of the broom.
[1913 Webster]

Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax
family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
-- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.

Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola),
used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.

Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish brown
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish buckeye
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish burton
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish chalk
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish cress
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish curlew
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.

White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.

White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.

White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.

White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.

White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.

White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.

White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).

White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.

White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.

White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.

White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.

White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.

White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.

White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.

White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.

White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.

White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.


White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.

White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.

White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.

White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.

White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.

White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.


White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.

White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.

White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]

White frost. See Hoarfrost.

White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.

White garnet (Min.), leucite.

White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.

White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]

White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.

White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.

White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.

White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.

White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.

White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.

White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]

White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.

The White House. See under House.

White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.

White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.

White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.

White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]

White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.

White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.

White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.

White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.

White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.

White lie. See under Lie.

White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.

White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.

White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.

White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.

White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.

White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.

White money, silver money.

White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.

White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.

White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.

White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.

White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.

White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.

White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.

White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.

White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.

White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.


White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.

White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.

White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]

White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.

White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.

White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.

White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.

White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.

White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.

White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.

White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.

White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.

White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.

White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.

White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.

White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.

White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .

White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).

White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.

White tombac. See Tombac.

White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.

White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.

White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.

White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.

White whale (Zool.), the beluga.

White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.

White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.

White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.

White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.

White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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Spanish daggers
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
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Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish elm
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
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Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish feretto
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish flag
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish fly
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.

Blister fly, a blister beetle.

Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.

Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.

Blood blister. See under Blood.
[1913 Webster]Cantharis \Can"tha*ris\ (k[a^]n"th[.a]*r[i^]s), n.; pl.
Cantharides (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z). [L., a kind of
beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zool.)
A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria),
having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green
color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister
beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many
other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the
same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural
form in usually applied to the dried insects used in
medicine.
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Spanish fox
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish grass
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish juice
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish leather
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish mackerel
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish main
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish moss
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]Moss \Moss\ (m[o^]s; 115), n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me['o]s, D.
mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw.
mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. Muscoid.]
1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with
distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small
capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so
discharging the spores. There are many species,
collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks,
and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other
small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species
of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss,
etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus
Lycopodium. See Club moss, under Club, and
Lycopodium.
[1913 Webster]

2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses
of the Scottish border.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of
words which need no special explanation; as,
moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Black moss. See under Black, and Tillandsia.

Bog moss. See Sphagnum.

Feather moss, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp.
several species of the genus Hypnum.

Florida moss, Long moss, or Spanish moss. See
Tillandsia.

Iceland moss, a lichen. See Iceland Moss.

Irish moss, a seaweed. See Carrageen.

Moss agate (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown,
black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in
part to oxide of manganese. Called also Mocha stone.

Moss animal (Zool.), a bryozoan.

Moss berry (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium
Oxycoccus}).

Moss campion (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene
acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the
highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the
Arctic circle.

Moss land, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants,
forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the
water is grained off or retained in its pores.

Moss pink (Bot.), a plant of the genus Phlox ({Phlox
subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the
Middle United States, and often cultivated for its
handsome flowers. --Gray.

Moss rose (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike
growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived
from the Provence rose.

Moss rush (Bot.), a rush of the genus Juncus ({Juncus
squarrosus}).

Scale moss. See Hepatica.
[1913 Webster]Tillandsia \Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of
Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined
to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a
rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold
a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate
flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended
by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.

Note: Tillandsia usneoides, called Spanish moss, {long
moss}, black moss, and Florida moss, has a very
slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great
hanging tufts on the branches of trees in the
Southeastern United States and south to Argentina. It
is often used for stuffing mattresses
[1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]Air plant \Air" plant`\ (Bot.)
A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an
a["e]rophyte.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The "Florida moss" (Tillandsia, many tropical
orchids, and most mosses and lichens are air plants.
Those which are lodged upon trees, but not parasitic on
them, such as the Spanish moss {Tillandsia
usneoides}), are epiphytes.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish nectarine
(gcide)
Nectarine \Nec`tar*ine"\ (n[e^]k`t[~e]r*[=e]n"), n. [Cf. F.
nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.)
A smooth-skinned variety of peach.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian
tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum.
It is made into a sweet conserve which is largely exported
from Cuba.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish needles
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish nut
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish oak
(gcide)
Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:

Barren oak, or

Black-jack, Quercus nigra.

Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.

Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.

Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.

Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.

Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.

Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.

Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.

Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.

Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.

Red oak, Quercus rubra.

Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.

Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.


Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.

Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.

Swamp Spanish oak, or

Pin oak, Quercus palustris.

Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.

Water oak, Quercus aquatica.

Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.

Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:

Bitter oak, or

Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).

Cork oak, Quercus Suber.

English white oak, Quercus Robur.

Evergreen oak,

Holly oak, or

Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.

Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.

Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:

African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).

Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).

Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).

Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.

New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).

Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.

Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.

Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.

Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.

Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.

Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.

Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.

Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.

Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.

The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.

To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Spanish potato
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
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Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish red
(gcide)
Safranin \Saf"ra*nin\, n. (Chem.)
(a) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.]
(b) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly
used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet;
-- called also Spanish red, China lake, and
carthamin.
(c) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro
compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the
safflower dye.
[1913 Webster]Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish reef
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
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Spanish sheep
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish white
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Spanish windlass
(gcide)
Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
[1913 Webster]

Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca
alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.


Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.

Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium
junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.

Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A

double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
--Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Lepidium
Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass.

Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia
Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber.

Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.


Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.

Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.

Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.

Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
entry).

Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens
bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.

Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.

Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.

Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.

Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever.
[1913 Webster]
Swamp Spanish oak
(gcide)
Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
[1913 Webster]

2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Among the true oaks in America are:

Barren oak, or

Black-jack, Quercus nigra.

Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.

Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.

Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.

Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.

Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.

Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.

Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.

Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.

Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.

Red oak, Quercus rubra.

Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.

Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.


Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.

Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.

Swamp Spanish oak, or

Pin oak, Quercus palustris.

Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.

Water oak, Quercus aquatica.

Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.

Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:

Bitter oak, or

Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).

Cork oak, Quercus Suber.

English white oak, Quercus Robur.

Evergreen oak,

Holly oak, or

Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.

Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.

Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:

African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).

Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).

Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).

Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.

New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).

Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.

Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
[1913 Webster]

Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.

Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.

Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.

Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.

Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.

Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.

Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.

Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.

The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.

To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
[1913 Webster]
battle of the spanish armada
(wn)
Battle of the Spanish Armada
n 1: in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships
successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by
Philip II to invade England
judeo-spanish
(wn)
Judeo-Spanish
n 1: the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in
the Hebrew script [syn: Judeo-Spanish, Ladino]
mexican spanish
(wn)
Mexican Spanish
n 1: the dialect of Spanish spoken in Mexico
spanish
(wn)
Spanish
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the
people of Spain; "Spanish music"
n 1: the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the
countries colonized by Spain
2: the people of Spain [syn: Spanish, Spanish people]
spanish american
(wn)
Spanish American
n 1: an American whose first language is Spanish [syn: {Spanish
American}, Hispanic American, Hispanic]
spanish armada
(wn)
Spanish Armada
n 1: the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip
II in 1588 [syn: Spanish Armada, Invincible Armada]
spanish bayonet
(wn)
Spanish bayonet
n 1: tall yucca of the southwestern United States and Mexico
having a woody stem and stiff swordlike pointed leaves and
a large cluster of white flowers [syn: Spanish bayonet,
Yucca baccata]
2: a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern
United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped
leaves and clusters of white flowers [syn: Spanish bayonet,
Yucca aloifolia]
spanish broom
(wn)
Spanish broom
n 1: tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and
flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern
Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California [syn:
Spanish broom, weaver's broom, Spartium junceum]
2: erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden
yellow flowers [syn: Spanish broom, Spanish gorse,
Genista hispanica]
spanish burgoo
(wn)
Spanish burgoo
n 1: Spanish version of burgoo [syn: olla podrida, {Spanish
burgoo}]

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