Spanish
Definition of Spanish
Span´ish
a.
1.
Of
or
pertaining
to
Spain
or
the
Spaniards
.
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
.
Spanish broom
(Bot.)
a
leguminous
shrub
(
Spartium
junceum
)
having
many
green
flexible
rushlike
twigs
.
- Ure.
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
.
Spanish chalk
(Min.)
a
kind
of
steatite
; -
so
called
because
obtained
from
Aragon
in
Spain
.
- Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish cress
(Bot.)
a
cruciferous
plant
(
Lepidium
Cadamines
),
a
species
of
peppergrass
.
Spanish curlew
(Zool.)
the
long-billed
curlew
.
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
a
-
(Zool.)
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
.
Spanish reef
(Naut.)
a
knot
tied
in
the
head
of
a
jib-headed
sail
.
- Fairholt.
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
.
n.
1.
The
language
of
Spain
.
Related Words
Espana
,
Kingdom
of
Spain
,
Spain
Word:
Browse
Span blocks
Span counter
Span iron
Span roof
Span shackle
span-new
Spanaemia
Spanaemic
Spancel
Spandex
Spandogs
Spandrel
Spane
Spang
Spangle
Spangled coquette
Spangler
Spangly
Spaniard
Spaniel
-Spanish-
Spanish bayonet
Spanish bean
Spanish black
Spanish broom
Spanish brown
Spanish buckeye
Spanish burton
Spanish chalk
Spanish cress
Spanish curlew
Spanish daggers
Spanish elm
Spanish feretto
Spanish flag
Spanish fly
Spanish fox
Spanish grass
Spanish juice
Spanish leather
Spanish mackerel
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