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Cortes :: Cortes (n. pl.) The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain..

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

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc..

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

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

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

Port :: Port (n.) A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

Tugboat :: Tugboat (n.) See Tug, n., 3..

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

Dom :: Dom (n.) In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes..

Milreis :: Milreis (n.) A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills..

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

Tuggingly :: Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.

Lisbon :: Lisbon (n.) A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal..

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

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

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

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

Tug :: Tug (v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream..

Infanta :: Infanta (n.) A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest..

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