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Safranin :: Safranin (n.) 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..

Meliaceous :: Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Spannishing :: Spannishing (n.) The full blooming of a flower.

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

Span :: Span (v. t.) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.

Poncho :: Poncho (n.) A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service..

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) A small coin.

Spanner :: Spanner (n.) An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose..

Water Dog :: Water dog () A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained..

Fippenny Bit :: Fippenny bit () The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States..

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

Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..

Pelotage :: Pelotage (n.) Packs or bales of Spanish wool.

Jewel :: "Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels..

Masquerade :: Masquerade (n.) A Spanish diversion on horseback.

Spangler :: Spangler (n.) One who, or that which, spangles..

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking..

Olla-podrida :: Olla-podrida (n.) A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables..

Outspan :: Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon..

Molinist :: Molinist (n.) A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists..

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