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† Spanishn.2

Etymology: Of obscure origin.
Obsolete. rare.
Earth or clay unfit for brickmaking.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > suitable for bricks > not
Spanish1725
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making bricks > not suitable for
Spanish1725
1725 Act 12 Geo. I c. 35 Several Persons..continue to make Bricks of bad Stuff and unsizeable Dimensions, and do not well burn the same; and in making thereof mix great Quantities of Soil called Spanish.
1725 Act 12 Geo. I c. 35 No Spanish at any time..shall be..mixed with any Brick, Earth, or Clay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

Spanishadj.n.1adv.

Brit. /ˈspanɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈspænɪʃ/
Forms: α. Middle English Spainisce, Middle English Spaynessh(e, Spaynysshe, Spaynish, Spainysshe, 1500s Spaynisshe, Spaynysch, Spaynes, Scottish Spaines, 1800s Scottish Spainish. β. Middle English–1500s Spanyshe, 1500s Spanyssh(e, Spanische, Spanissh, Spanys, Spenyes, Spannishe, Scottish Spanes, 1700s Spannish, 1500s– Spanish.
Etymology: < Spain n. + -ish suffix1, with later shortening of the first element. Compare Old English Speonisc (Ælfric), Middle Dutch Spaensch, Spaens, Dutch Spaansch), German Spanisch, Danish and Swedish Spansk.
A. adj.
1.
a. Of or pertaining to Spain or its people; inhabiting, native to, characteristic of, Spain.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [adjective]
Spanishc1275
Spain1494
Spaniolated1583
Hispanical1584
Spanified1599
Spaniolized1600
Spaniolizing1627
Spanishy1922
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15325 Heo hahten hine Kinebord ut of Spainisce [c1300 Otho Spaynes] ard.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite) (1850) I. Pref. Epp. ix. 76 Spanyshe songes upon deed men [L. Hiberas nænias].
c1400 Brut (1908) ccxxix. 304 When þe Spaynesshe vessellis & nauey were closid yn al about.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxvii. 415 He coude very wel speke the spanysshe languag.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii. 2 b [We] sailed through the Spanish Seas towards the Iles Baleares.
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xiv. 178 The Spanish Traveller, who was so habituated to hyperbolize,..that he became ridiculous in al companies.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 18 All the Gold in the Spanish Mines. View more context for this quotation
1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 56 The Spanish Order..is more elegant than the Roman.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 344 Even those [wild horses] which are found in America are of a Spanish breed.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 537 In 1566, it constrained the Dutch to shake off the Spanish yoke.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxi. 48 Who late so free as Spanish girls were seen?
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vii. 304 Round by the Spanish peninsula have also come to us those English..nouns which are derived from Arabic.
b. Of a Jew or Jewish institution: of or belonging to the Sephardim; hence Spanish-Jewish adj.; also Spanish-Hebrew, Spanish (and) Portuguese (cf. Portuguese adj.).
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society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [adjective] > Sephardi
Portuguese1605
Spanish1817
Sephardic1866
1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. iv. 88 This Spanish Jew must..be a most accomplished and amiable person.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 125/2 The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of Jews, who are also called Sephardin.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lv. 128 His mind went to the synagogue..and heard the Spanish-Hebrew liturgy.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 38 Spanish Jews look down on the later imported Ashkenazim, embracing both Poles and Dutchmen in their impartial contempt.
1894 I. Zangwill King of Schnorrers v. 105 The Mahamad..administered the affairs of the Spanish-Portuguese community.
1902 G. E. Mitton Hampstead & Marylebone 80 In Bryanston Street there is a synagogue which was built for the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.
1932 C. Roth Hist. Marranos xii. 315 On his death in 1762, he left..a legacy of £1,000 to the Spanish and Portuguese community.
1949 ‘R. West’ Meaning of Treason i. vi. 122 That slender and distinguished old gentleman of Spanish Jewish descent, Mr Salzedo.
1977 Early Music 5 262 Basil Douglas Ltd. presents..Sephardic Romances from before the expulsion of the Spanish Jews (1492).
1981 Times 16 Oct. 9/1 Elias Canetti..was born in Bulgaria, of Spanish-Jewish descent.
1982 Times 26 Jan. 11/5 Sir Moses Montefiore..was an intensely loyal Englishman. The Spanish Portuguese Jewish Congregation..refused a request to transfer the remains to Israel.
2.
a. Of things: Of actual or attributed Spanish origin; made, manufactured, or produced in Spain (or Spanish America); associated or connected with Spain on this account.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Spain
Spanish1485
pseudo-Spanish1880
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 39 Forest billes.., Spaynish dartes.
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking c v Take yolkys of Egges rawe,..put therto spanyshe salte.
1592 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 75 Towe ovnsies of blake spenyes sylke to be boughte at Chester, iiijs.
1598 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 169/1 Euerie erle be armit and furnist wth corslet of pruif, heid peaces, vanbraces, teslettis, and ane spanische pik.
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. iv. 116 If it be Spanish Cute, two gallons will go further than five gallons of Candy Cute.
1649 Eng. Farrier xiii Make your shooe of spruse or Spanish Iron.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 274/1 Spanish tobacco, the wreath about a finger thickness.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xii. 281 Some flasks of rich Spanish wine.
1821 S. F. Austin Jrnl. 8 July in Texas State Hist. Assoc. Q. (1904) 7 287 Swapped away Wilsons Horse & an old Grey..for a mule, & exchanged a french saddle for a Spanish one.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 163 Spanish arnotto is unquestionably the best ingredient for colouring cheese.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 205 S[alsola] sativa..affords all the best soda consumed in Europe. It is called by us Spanish or Alicant soda.
1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 35 Spanish Esparto,..Oran Esparto.
1897 E. Hough Story of Cowboy 67 The Spanish saddles of the Southwest were often heavily decorated with silver.
1945 Elk Mountain Pilot (Crested Butte, Colorado) 19 July 3/1 (advt.) For Sale... A Spanish Saddle, excellent condition.
in combination.1654 ‘Chirosophus’ in E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot sig. *2 Thou'dst turn'd the Pyrrhick Galliard of the Times Into inchanted Spanish-Pavin Rimes.1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 283 Buffy brown or Spanish snuff colour.
b. Of articles of dress, etc.: Made in Spain, of Spanish materials, or after the Spanish fashion.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other
smalleOE
lightc1230
round1402
side-necked1430
wanton1489
Spanish1530
tucked1530
lustya1555
civil1582
open-breasted1598
full1601
everlasting1607
sheeten1611
nothinga1616
burly1651
pin-up1677
slouching1691
double-breasted1701
negligée1718
translated1727
uniform1746
undress1777
single-breasted1796
unworn1798
mamalone1799
costumic1801
safeguard1822
Tom and Jerry1830
lightweight1837
fancy dress1844
wrap-1845
hen-skin1846
Mary Stuart1846
well-cut1849
mousquetaire1851
empire1852
costumary1853
solid1859
spring weight1869
Henri II1870
western1881
hard-boiled1882
man-of-war1883
Henley1886
demi-season1890
Gretchen1890
toreador1892
crossover1893
French cut1896
drifty1897
boxy1898
Buster Brown1902
Romney1903
modistic1907
Peter Pan1908
classic1909
Fauntleroy1911
baby doll1912
flared1928
flare1929
tuck-in1929
unpressed1932
Edwardian1934
swingy1937
topless1937
wraparound1937
dressed-down1939
cover-up1942
Sun Yat-sen1942
utility1942
non-utility1948
sudsable1951
off-the-shoulder1953
peasant1953
flareless1954
A-line1955
matador1955
stretch1956
wash-and-wear1959
layered1962
Tom Jones1964
Carnaby Street1965
Action Man1966
Mao-style1967
wear-dated1968
thermal1970
bondage1980
swaggery1980
hoochie1990
mitumba1990
kinderwhore1994
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/2 Spaynisshe bagge, bauldrier.
c1534 in J. Lewis Life Fisher (1855) II. 297 2 Spanyshe napkyns wroght wythe sylke and gold.
1542 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 220 One Spaynes cloke of frysado.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vii. sig. K4v His Spanish slops. Ana. They are profane..and idolatrous Breeches. View more context for this quotation
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 120 A Nose..against which there is no possible defence but Spanish Gloves.
1652 News from Lowe Countreys 2 Sometimes, forsooth, the Spanish Hose Doth trick him up, and there He goes.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xix. 48 A palmer's amice..With a wrought Spanish baldric bound.
1925 G. Greene Babbling April 17 And the night was so hot, And no one can see in the dark, And a rent in the Spanish shawl.
1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter ii. 92 A grand piano on which [is] a white Spanish shawl with red and green embroidered roses.
1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves iii. 77 The year '54..the year of the largest crinolines... Thrown over them..were..large Spanish shawls.
c. Needlework. (See quots.)
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1640 J. Taylor Praise of Needle A 2 The Spanish-stitch, Rosemary-stitch, and Mowse-stitch.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 454/1 Spanish embroidery, a modern work, and closely resembling Darning on Muslin.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 455/1 Some of the Spanish Points are not raised, but are formed with a pattern worked out in Buttonhole Stitches.
1893 E. T. Masters Gentlewoman's Bk. Art Needlework 41 Several specimens of the embroidery executed by this queen [Katharine of Aragon]..are still known as ‘Spanish work’.
d. (a) Denoting a style of art or architecture native to or characteristic of Spain; (b) denoting a style of decoration or architecture imitative of that of Spain. Also Spanish-style adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Spanish
Spanish1927
1927 Sunset Mag. May 87/1 Many builders and real estate men are masquerading whole city blocks of houses under the name of Spanish.
1931 S. Sitwell (title) Spanish Baroque art.
1937 J. Laver Taste & Fashion xviii. 258 The style of his interior decoration may be shortly described as Spanish ‘baroque’.
1950 A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 159 There were Regency bedrooms, a Spanish Baroque dining room.
1953 S. Bedford Sudden View i. i. 20 The dining-car..turned out to be..decorated with machine-carved Spanish Renaissance woodwork of astonishing gloom.
1960 Encounter Apr. 3/2 There is something ancient and unfamiliar about its [sc. a skyscraper's] situation among Spanish-style San Francisco homes.
1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xi. 148 It [sc. the arch] is often four-centred or, in some of the more opulent examples, the three-centred ‘Spanish’ arch.
1976 Liverpool Echo 22 Nov. 14/2 (advt.) Hall, lounge, Spanish arch to dining room, [etc.].
1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. iv. 3/1 (advt.) $5000 deposit will secure this charming Spanish bungalow in New Windsor.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. (Advt. section) 19/5 Enter this custom Spanish territorial home over a wooden bridge.
1979 N. Hartley Quicksilver vi. 77 Several Spanish-style interior patios.
3.
a. Of a type or kind characteristic of, or exemplified by, the Spanish.In quot. 1584, ‘deceitful, perfidious, treacherous’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]
ficklea1000
hinderyeapc1000
swikelc1000
as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE
fakenOE
swikefulc1100
frakelc1175
swikec1175
wrenchfulc1225
wielfulc1275
ginfulc1300
guileful13..
treacherousc1330
guilesomea1382
guilousc1384
enginousa1393
deceivant1393
treacherc1400
serpentinec1422
deceivousa1425
guilyc1430
beguilous1483
slapea1500
fallacious1509
treget1519
gaudya1529
beguileful1530
Spanish1530
juggling?1531
snakish1532
prestigious?1534
knack-hardy1549
pratting1570
fogging1585
snakya1586
abusive1595
faithless1597
faiterous1600
guiled1600
trompant1605
amusing1609
braida1616
dodging1625
Ulyssean1639
tricksome1648
knackish1660
hocus-pocus1668
bubbling1675
rusé1689
tricking1697
trickish1705
lurching1728
tricksy1766
trickful1775
tricky1786
slippy1828
shirky1847
dodgy1861
sidewinding1902
slithery1902
hyping1968
deceiteous-
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [adjective] > characteristic of
Spanish1530
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective] > specifically of actions
Spanish1530
perfidiousa1538
Judas-like1577
perfidiate1632
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 225/1 Gyrdell for a purse of the spaynisshe facyon.
1584 F. Walsingham in Cott. Libr. Catal. 8 The French king..will mislike, that, by any Spanish practice, she should be drawn to violate her faith.
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. in Wks. (1884) I. 192 Be thinke your selues of the olde Romane Discipline, and the newe Spanish industry.
a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) iii. 37 His Spanish haughture.
1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. Apol. sig. A6 I shall not cramp my self to a Spanish Cutt to do it.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 129 To stew Vegetables in the Spanish manner.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xvii. 149 Your poem..is crude in parts. It is too Spanish and provincial.
b. an old Spanish custom: used jocularly to justify a long-standing practice which is unauthorized or otherwise irregular.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice > long-established method of proceeding
tradition1597
an old Spanish custom1932
1932 Notes & Queries 13 Feb. 122/1 Could any reader tell me the origin of the phrase, ‘An old Spanish custom,’ as applied, in a jocular sense, to any unauthorised practice?
1966 ‘M. Torrie’ Heavy as Lead x. 115 Giving Sir Ganymede lunch at the pub..appeared by this time to have become an old Spanish custom.
1982 Listener 25 Nov. 13/2 The December issue of Encounter..lifts some lids on the ‘old Spanish customs’ of Fleet Street print unions.
4. Of or pertaining to, dealing or connected with, the language or literature of Spain.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > of Romance languages > Spanish
Spanish1599
1599 in J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. (title page) A Spanish Grammar, first collected..by R. Percivale,..now augmented..by J. Minsheu.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. Pref. The Spanish Diminutives are much more numerous than the Substantives.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Gram. sig. Aaaaa2, in New Spanish Dict. I shall enter immediately upon the Spanish Alphabet.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bible Where he explains the Hebrew Words by Spanish Words.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 302/1 A Spanish grammar for the use of English students.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 352/2 The law of Spanish accentuation.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 352/2 A treatise on Spanish ‘doublets’ by Mme. Carolina Michaelis.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 129 Spanish n, a capital or lower case n with a curly accent, thus—ñ.
B. n.1 or elliptical.
1. The Spanish language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Spanish
Spanish1485
Dago1900
spic1916
1485 W. Caxton in Malory's Morte Darthur Pref. sig. ijv Bookes..as wel in duche ytalyen spaynysshe and grekysshe as in frensshe.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. C viii To speke dutche, frenche, spanissh, and dyuers other langages.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 61 Translating the Vlisses of Homer out of Greke into Spanish.
1623 J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. Proem in Dict. Spanish & Eng. Spanish is a speech, whereof in times past (in Spaine) there hath beene foure kinds vsed.
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell vii. 91 The Spanish is nought else but mere Latine, take a few Morisco words away.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. Pref. Neither can I allow Spanish to be as generally call'd a Corruption of Latin.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 564/1 In Spanish, we have many old Gothic words.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. iii. 63 The magnificent tones of the Spanish sounded to great advantage amidst the shrill squeaking dialect of Portugal.
2. In various elliptical or absolute uses:
a. Spanish persons or people.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun]
Spanish1660
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 347 There is a large river..which some Spanish were about to crosse.
1832 W. Irving in P. M. Irving Life & Lett. Washington Irving (1863) III. 43 The levee..presents the most whimsical groups of people of all nations, castes, and colors—French, Spanish, half-breeds, [etc.].
1880 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 24 June 2/2 The famous Pecos Church, built by the Spanish in 1680.
1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon vii. 68 The whole end of the bullfight was the final sword thrust, the actual encounter between the man and the animal, what the Spanish call the moment of truth.
1962 Amer. Speech 37 207 English speakers [in northern Colorado] refer to Spanish speakers as Spanish. The word Spaniard is not used.
†b. Spanish snuff, usually plain Spanish. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > types of
high-dried1681
Spanish1681
roderigo1692
bergamot1701
musty1709
myrtle1715
Portuguesea1721
rappee?1726
Scotch1739
macoubac1740
blackguard1782
Irish1806
Lundyfoot1811
prince's mixture1813
cephalic1828
taddy1869
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 119 Then hope triumphs, and fear doth vanish, Like grief, when it's expell'd by Spanish.
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. ii. 16 The three divisions of his head were filled with Orangere, Bourgamot, and Plain-Spanish.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 1. ⁋3 Allowing him some Plain Spanish.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xxxix. 18 Her upper-lip contained a large quantity of plain Spanish.
c. (the) Spanish, hard cash, money. slang.
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society > trade and finance > money > [noun]
silverc825
feec870
pennieseOE
wortheOE
mintOE
scata1122
spense?c1225
spendinga1290
sumc1300
gooda1325
moneya1325
cattlec1330
muckc1330
reasona1382
pecunyc1400
gilt1497
argentc1500
gelta1529
Mammon1539
ale silver1541
scruff1559
the sinews of war1560
sterling1565
lour1567
will-do-all1583
shell1591
trasha1592
quinyie1596
brass1597
pecuniary1604
dust1607
nomisma1614
countera1616
cross and pilea1625
gingerbreada1625
rhinoa1628
cash1646
grig1657
spanker1663
cole1673
goree1699
mopus1699
quid1699
ribbin1699
bustle1763
necessary1772
stuff1775
needfula1777
iron1785
(the) Spanish1788
pecuniar1793
kelter1807
dibs1812
steven1812
pewter1814
brad1819
pogue1819
rent1823
stumpy1828
posh1830
L. S. D.1835
rivetc1835
tin1836
mint sauce1839
nobbins1846
ochre1846
dingbat1848
dough1848
cheese1850
California1851
mali1851
ducat1853
pay dirt1853
boodle?1856
dinero1856
scad1856
the shiny1856
spondulicks1857
rust1858
soap1860
sugar1862
coin1874
filthy1876
wampum1876
ooftish1877
shekel1883
oil1885
oof1885
mon1888
Jack1890
sploshc1890
bees and honey1892
spending-brass1896
stiff1897
mazuma1900
mazoom1901
cabbage1903
lettuce1903
Oscar Asche1905
jingle1906
doubloons1908
kale1912
scratch1914
green1917
oscar1917
snow1925
poke1926
oodle1930
potatos1931
bread1935
moolah1936
acker1939
moo1941
lolly1943
loot1943
poppy1943
mazoola1944
dosh1953
bickies1966
lovely jubbly1990
scrilla1994
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Spanish, the Spanish; ready money.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. v. 122 He helps the flats out of their Spanish.
1811 Sporting Mag. 37 303 After extracting the Spanish from all his sporting acquaintance.
1814 Sailor's Return ii. iii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 342 I wish you would rather give the hard Spanish.
1869 Punch 10 July 11/2.
d. Spanish bonds or stock.
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1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ii The young stockbrokers used to tell us of immense bargains in Spanish, Greek, and Columbians.
C. adv.
to walk Spanish, to (cause to) walk under compulsion, generally spec. with someone holding the collar and the seat of the trousers. U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > compel to walk
walk1578
to walk Spanish1838
to shank off1848
to march off1884
sashay1928
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk under compulsion
to walk Spanish1890
1838 Yale Lit. Mag. 3 269 Here, Bill! begone! why don't you ‘walk Spanish?’ hence I say.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. No. ii To..walk him Spanish clean right out o' all his homes an' houses.
1890 Voice (N.Y.) 14 Aug. [They] were hustled out of the country on an hour's notice, made to ‘walk Spanish’ in fact.

Compounds

C1.
Spanish Main n. the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, esp. that portion of the coast stretching from the Isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco; in later use also, the sea contiguous to this, or the route traversed by the Spanish register ships. Now Historical.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Spanish Main
Spanish Main1725
main1890
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [noun] > Spanish Main
Spanish Main1725
main1890
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 297 This is brought from the Spanish Main, or Continent of America.
1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 50 The portrait of a child born of negro parents upon the Spanish main.
1803 J. Burney Discov. S. Sea i. i. 7 That part of the continent, since known by the names of Terra Firma, and the Spanish Main.
1841 H. W. Longfellow Wreck of Hesperus in Boston Bk. (ed. 3) 74 Then up and spake an old Sailor, Had sail'd the Spanish Main.
1890 J. Corbett Sir F. Drake viii. 110 Cartagena was the capital of the Spanish Main.
Spanish March n. (see first quot.).
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > the Holy Roman or German Empire > part of
state1539
Spanish March1788
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 141 In his absence he [Charlemagne] instituted the Spanish march, which extended from the Pyrenees to the river Ebro.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 141 note The governors or counts of the Spanish march.
a1833 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XI. 296/1.
C2. In names of things of actual or attributed Spanish origin, (see also Compounds 7).
Spanish leather n.
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1483 in Antiq. Rep. (1807) I. 42 viij paire of botews of Spaynysh leder.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 373, in Wks. (1910) II. 152 Our knit silke stockes, and spanish lether shoes.
1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 9 Our Spanish~leather Saint had a diuine reuelation of the blessed Trinitie.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 103 The several Suits Of Armour, and the Spanish Leather Boots!
1711 London Gaz. No. 4862/4 Every..Spanish Leather-dresser, and all other Dressers of Hides.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spanish-leather maker, a manufacturer of Cordovan-leather.
Spanish mahogany n.
ΚΠ
1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 75 There are two kinds of mahogany, known as ‘Spanish’ and ‘Honduras’.
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools App. 69 Spanish mahogany is the more highly valued for ornamental purposes.
Spanish needle n.
ΚΠ
1584 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 368 For spanishe needles iiid.
1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C1v Sitting vpon the poynt of a Spanish needle.
1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. x The best substance whereof to make Angling hooks, is either old Spanish needles, or else strong wier.
Spanish soap n.
ΚΠ
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 134 Take harde spaynessh sepe and a litul stale ale.
1572 G. Gascoigne Councell to Withipoll 78 Some may present thee with a pounde or twaine Of Spanishe soape to washe thy lynnen white.
1774 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 3) xliii. 492 Such as cannot bear the asafœtida may substitute Spanish soap in its place.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 206 Spanish or Castile soap is made by mixing olive oil and soda.
Spanish-wool n.
ΚΠ
1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 162 Ffor Spayneshe wolle in Fflaundres draped is.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Wool The goodness of the Spanish Wools is owing to a few English Sheep sent over into Spain.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 343/2 The wool..is used for mixing with Spanish wool in some of their finest cloths.
C3. In the names of various diseases. Spanish pox n. syphilis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > syphilis
foul evila1398
grandgore1497
French disease1503
French pox1503
pox1503
great pocka1519
great pox1529
morbus gallicus1543
gore1554
marbles1592
verol1596
Spanish pox1600
verola1600
the foul evil1607
bube1608
grincome1608
Neapolitan1631
lues1634
scabbado1651
venereal syphilis1653
foul disease1680
gout1694
syphilid1829
syphiloid1833
syphiloderma1850
vaccino-syphilis1868
neurosyphilis1878
old ral1878
syph1914
bejel1928
cosmic disease-
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fviiiv (margin) Beware the Spanish pip.
1592 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. C3v Sometime they catch such a spanish pip, that they haue no more hair on their head then on their nailes.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 39 This they were most certainly perswaded of, that the same disease came first from Spaine; wherefore they..call it, The Spanish poxe.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 34 Oyntments that are prepared against the French or Spanish-pox.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 481 The disease of the Spanish Pocks.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Spanish-gout, the Pox.
1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. xiv. 271 The disease of the Head, which he [sc. Solleysell] calls the Spanish Evil,..affected the Head with a Delirium or Madness.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 38 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Five western cattle died of Spanish fever at Millerton,..New York, where they were quarantined.
C4. In combination with other proper names, as Spanish-American, Spanish-Arab(ic), Spanish-Indian, Spanish-Mexican, etc.
ΚΠ
1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia i. iv. 51 By their Accounts, we suppose him to have come from the Spanish Indians, some-where near Mexico, or the Mines of St. Barbe.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit i. i. 1 I accidentally fell into Discourse with a Spanish Mexican Inhabitant, named Alvarado.
1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 494/2 The Bastulian or Spanish Phœnician [alphabet].
1811 Niles' Reg. 1 14/2 The Creoles—Spanish Americans—i.e. the descendants of Spaniards born in this country.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. p. vii The literal version..of the Spanish-Arab chronicles.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 821/2 The Spanish-Americans use the leaves as a condiment.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. x. 51 One of the old Spanish-Indian jungle tracks.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 653/2 We possess a few literary works written in Spanish Arabic.
1935 E. Farjeon Nursery in Nineties ii. iii. 91 A beautiful Spanish-Mexican girl who smoked cigarettes.
1980 Amer. Speech 55 39 Geographic names of Spanish linguistic origin [are] utilized..to determine the sphere of Spanish-Mexican influence in California.
C5. In the specific names or designations of animals, birds, fish, etc.
a.
Spanish fly n. [So Dutch spaansche vlieg, German spanische fliege, French mouche d'Espagne, etc.] = cantharides n. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > biological product > [noun] > from beetle
cantharides?1541
Spanish fly1654
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > member of
blister-fly1585
French flya1641
Spanish fly1654
blister-beetle1816
1654 Trag. Alphonsus iii. 34 Drink not Prince Pallatine, throw it on the ground. It is not good to trust his Spanish flies.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vii. ii. 168 The common slender Spanish-Fly. Cantharis vulgaris.
1727 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Postscr. in J. Swift et al. Misc. II. 211 He procur'd Spanish Flies to blister his Neighbours.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. x. 317 Another species of Mylabris.., which is fully as efficacious as the common Spanish fly.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xxviii. 19 None, save the Spanish Fly and Attic Bee, As yet are strongly stinging to be free.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 105 The Canthárides, or Spanish blister-flies, are an essential article of medicine.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. iii. 128 Common Cantharides:..commonly called Cantharides of the shops, Spanish Fly, Cantharides Fly.
Spanish mackerel n. †(a) the tuna, Thunnus thynnus; (b) U.K. = chub mackerel n. at chub n. Additions; (c) any of several large Atlantic game-fishes mainly of the genus Scomberomorus, esp. S. maculatus.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Thunnus (tuna) > thunnus thynnus (tunny)
tunny1530
tunny fish1552
ton1624
Spanish mackerela1672
germon1698
tuna1881
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > member of Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerel)
kingfish1775
Spanish mackerel1832
pintado1874
king mackerel1879
cero1884
sierra1889
katonkel1893
speckled hound-fish-
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Scomber > member of (mackerel)
mackerelc1300
yellowtaila1622
Scomber1623
tinker1848
Spanish mackerel1880
Monterey mackerel1884
thimble-eye1888
a1672 F. Willughby Ichthyogr. (1686) Table M.1 (caption) Thynnus sive Thunnus Gesn. Spanish Mackrell or Tunny.
1832 Mag. Nat. Hist. 5 22 Spanish Mackarel (Scomber maculatus).
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 457 S[comber] colias..often called ‘Spanish’ Mackerel.
Spanish Merino n. = merino adj. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Merino
Spanish sheep1788
Negretti1793
Spanish Merino1802
merino1804
Rambouillet1809
Vermont merino1891
1802 D. Humphreys Poem on Industry II. 346 A Gold Medal..is presented to you..for your patriotic exertions in introducing into New-England one hundred of the Spanish Merino breed of Sheep.
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxvi. 357 The Spanish Merino is a sheep of large size, producing a superior quality of strong combing wool.
1964 H. B. Carter His Majesty's Spanish Flock p. x These were the men who..transformed the Spanish Merino from an envied monopoly of one nation into the essential foundation of the modern world trade in wool.
Spanish plover n. in Jamaica, the willet, Catopotrophorus semipalmatus.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. at Plover Spanish plover.
Spanish sheep n. (a) = merino adj. 1; (b) = Jacob n. 3.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Merino
Spanish sheep1788
Negretti1793
Spanish Merino1802
merino1804
Rambouillet1809
Vermont merino1891
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Jacob
Jacob1913
Spanish sheep1974
1788 W. B. Conyngham Let. 28 June in H. B. Carter His Majesty's Spanish Flock (1964) iii. 60 In answer to what Evidence I have relative to the success of my Cross from the Spanish sheep I have..the greatest Reason to believe that the Breed may be greatly improved.
1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 391 The principal distinction of the Spanish Sheep is the fineness of the fleece, and the horizontally extended spire of the horns.
1974 Times 25 Nov. 3/3 There are now about 150 registered flocks [of Jacob sheep] in Britain, comprising 3,000 spotty sheep, also known as Spanish or piebald.
b. A number of others, chiefly West Indian and Bermudan fish names, are given in American dictionaries.
ΚΠ
(a)
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 74 Perdix Ruffa..the Spanish Partridge.
a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 184 Icterus minor nidum suspendens... The Watchy Picket, or Spanish Nightingale. The Amerian Hang-nest.
1731 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds I. 87 The Spanish Goose, or Swan Goose. Anser cygnoides.
1781 T. Pennant Genera of Birds (new ed.) Pl. 13 Spanish Duck.
1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 25 In the Spanish fowl, the comb is more developed than in any other breed.
1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 248 Spanish Runt.—Described as the largest of the Runts.
1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 393 The Spanish sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) replaces the English bird in many parts of the Mediterranean region.
(b)1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Spaensche Zee-katte, a Spanish Cat.1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 104 The Spanish Bream, Pagellus erythrinus.1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 669 Sebastodes rubrivinctus, Spanish Flag.1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 887 Clupea pseudohispanica, Spanish Sardine.1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 939 Scarus radians, Spanish Porgy.1885 A. Brassey In Trades xvii The..little blue and yellow Spanish angel-fish [Holocanthus tricolor].1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 205 In this limpid pool were many gorgeously-colored species,..the rainbow-fish, the Spanish-lady [Bodianus rufus].(c)1787 Ann. Agric. 8 197 Four shepherds, and from four to six large Spanish dogs.1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 172 Spanish Cat... Fur short; feet and lips flesh-colour.1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. Syn. 35 Spanish Lizard, Lacerta (Psammodromus) Hispanicus.1837 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Quadrupeds 217 The Spanish Pointer was formerly well known as a stanch, strong, and useful, but heavy and lazy dog.1884 R. Rathbun in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 837 We are informed by a large importer that the Spanish Leech was a small green Leech brought here occasionally..by sea-captains.1894 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. II. 237 The Spanish wild goat inhabits the Pyrenees [etc.].1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. V. 71 The Spanish terrapin (Clemmys leprosa), of Spain and North-Western Africa.1913 H. J. Elwes Guide Primitive Breeds of Sheep 30 ‘Spanish’ or Piebald Sheep... These sheep are called by various names—‘Syrian’, ‘Persian’, ‘Zulu’, ‘Barbary’, ‘Jacobs’, and ‘Spotted’.
C6. In the names of plants, trees, etc., denoting either varieties or distinct species found in Spain or Spanish America (esp. the West Indies). See also Spanish broom n.A number of others are given in American dictionaries, as Spanish berries, Spanish bluebell, Spanish buckeye, etc.
a.
Spanish arbor-vine n.
ΚΠ
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Convolvulus Great American Bindweed.., commonly call'd Spanish Arbor-Vine, or Spanish Woodbind.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 631 Ipomœa tuberosa, the Spanish Arbour Vine of Jamaica.
Spanish ash n.
ΚΠ
1716 Petiveriana i. 178 Spanish Ash... Caroba Barbad.
Spanish briar n.
ΚΠ
1716 Petiveriana i. 177 Barbadoes Spanish Briar.
Spanish campion n.
ΚΠ
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Lychnis Spanish Campion, with a red Valerian Leaf, and a purplish Flower.
Spanish cane n.
ΚΠ
1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 63 A slip of hollow Spannish-Cane, brought to a smooth and sharp edge.
Spanish cardon n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > artichokes
artichoke1531
ground-thistle1591
cardoon1594
cactus1607
sherdoon1661
Spanish cardon1699
globe artichoke1763
Chinese artichoke1891
Japanese artichoke1902
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 10 The Spanish Cardon, a wild and smaller Artichoak, with sharp-pointed Leaves.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 450 Cardons Spanish are only propagated by Seed that is of a longish Oval form.
Spanish catchfly n.
ΚΠ
1741 T. Steward in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 457 Lychnis Viscosa... Anglicè Spanish Catch-fly.
Spanish cherry n.
ΚΠ
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 145 There are many sorts of Cherries, as the..Spanish, Amber, Nonsuch.
Spanish chervil n.
ΚΠ
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 18 The sweet aromatick Spanish Chervile.
Spanish coffee n.
ΚΠ
1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 181 The wild Spanish Coffee (Cassia occidentalis)..grows chiefly in old fields in the Southern States.
Spanish colocynth n.
ΚΠ
1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 544 Peeled Colocynth..is commonly known as Turkey Colocynth, but that imported from France and Spain is sometimes distinguished as French and Spanish Colocynth.
Spanish gourd n.
ΚΠ
1884 de Candolle's Orig. Cultivated Pl. 250 The principal varieties of Cucurbita maxima are the great yellow gourd,..the Spanish gourd, the turban gourd.
Spanish jasmine n.
ΚΠ
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 65 in Sylva Prune now your Spanish Jasmine.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 252 If we graft the Spanish Jessemin..on Spanish Broom, the Flowers of the Jessemin will grow yellow.
Spanish lentil n.
ΚΠ
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 617 The Spanish lentil, and the tuberous Lathyrus.
Spanish lettuce n.
ΚΠ
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 95 Red Spanish Lettuce.
Spanish lychnis n.
ΚΠ
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Lychnis The capillaceous leaved Spanish lychnis.
Spanish oak n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > oak as timber tree
oakeOE
oak treeOE
mountain oak1609
white oak1610
Spanish oak1716
iron oak1724
post oak1775
Slavonian1809
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks
red oakOE
cerre-tree1577
gall-tree1597
robur1601
kermes1605
live oak1610
white oak1610
royal oak1616
swamp-oak1683
grey oak1697
rock oak1699
chestnut oak1703
water oak1709
Spanish oak1716
turkey-oak1717
willow oak1717
iron oak1724
maiden oak1725
scarlet oak1738
black jack1765
post oak1775
durmast1791
mountain chestnut oak1801
quercitron oak1803
laurel oak1810
mossy-cup oak1810
rock chestnut oak1810
pin oak1812
overcup oak1814
overcup white oak1814
bur oak1815
jack oak1816
mountain oak1818
shingle-oak1818
gall-oak1835
peach oak1835
golden oak1838
weeping oak1838
Aleppo oak1845
Italian oak1858
dyer's oak1861
Gambel's Oak1878
maul oak1884
punk oak1884
sessile oak1906
Garry oak1908
roble1908
1716 Petiveriana i. 179 Spanish Oak... Caroba Barbad tetraphylla.
1717 Petiveriana iii. 204 Spanish Oak. Splits very well into Clap~boards and Ladders.
1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 98 Quercus Falcata..[is] known in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia by the name of Spanish oak.
Spanish onion n.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > onion, leek, or garlic > [noun] > onion > types of onion
hollekec1000
scallion1393
sybow1574
Portugal onion1647
shallot1664
Spanish onion1706
eschalot1707
Welsh onion1731
Reading onion1784
onionet1820
potato onion1822
tripoli1822
ramps1828
escalion1847
stone-leek1861
Egyptian onion1880
cocktail onion1927
Maui onion1967
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > onion > other types of onion
hollekec1000
chibol1362
scallion1393
oniona1398
chesbollc1410
oinet?1440
red onionc1450
sybow1574
green onion1577
Strasbourg onion1629
cibol1632
Portugal onion1647
Spanish onion1706
Welsh onion1731
spring onion1758
Reading1784
rareripe1788
yellow onion1816
onionet1820
potato onion1822
tripoli1822
escalion1847
stone-leek1861
Egyptian onion1880
ramp1885
multiplier1907
ramps1939
Vidalia1969
tree onion-
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 93 Red [and] white Spanish Onion.
1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 34 The Spanish onion is most esteemed for it's mildness as well as size.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 129 Take four Spanish..onions.
Spanish pepper n.
ΚΠ
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Herbs) Pepper wort, or Spanish Pepper.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 607 The annual capsicum, the Spanish, or Guinea pepper, C. ánnuum L., a native of South America.
Spanish radish n.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > radish
radisheOE
raphanea1398
raphe?c1400
redcolec1440
round radish1572
rabone1597
Spanish radish1706
rat-tailed radish1867
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > radish > types of radish
radishlOE
Spanish radish1706
Naples radish1763
rat-tailed radish1867
mooli1969
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 93 Black [and] White Spanish Radish.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Raphanus Great round black Radish, commonly call'd The Spanish Radish.
Spanish reed n.
ΚΠ
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 238 Cuttings of common, or Spanish reed.
Spanish rennet n.
ΚΠ
1800 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 16) 671/2 Apples... Italian apple, Spanish rennet, Canada rennet.
Spanish salsify n.
ΚΠ
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 482 Spanish Salsifie or Scorzonera, is multiplied by Seed.
Spanish scorzonera n.
ΚΠ
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Scorzonera Spanish scorzonera, or garden viper's-grass.
Spanish thyme n.
ΚΠ
1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 104 Thymus Zygis. White Spanish Thyme.
Spanish trefoil n.
ΚΠ
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Mielgas Spanish trefoyle, Herba medica.
1623 R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Mielgas An herbe called Spanish trefoile, or three leafed grasse.
Spanish willow n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow
red willow1547
water willow1583
goat's willow1597
rose willow1597
sweet willow1597
French willow1601
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallowie1610
swallowtail willow1626
willow bay1650
black willow1670
crack-willow1670
grey willow1697
water sallow1761
almond willowa1763
swallow-tailed willow1764
swamp willow1765
golden osier1772
golden willow1772
purple willow1773
sand-willow1786
goat willow1787
purple osier1797
whipcord1812
Arctic willow1818
sage-willow1846
pussy willow1851
Kilmarnock willow1854
sweet-bay willow1857
pussy1858
palm willow1869
Spaniard1871
ground-willow1875
Spanish willow1875
snap-willow1880
diamond willow1884
sandbar willow1884
pussy palm1886
creeping willow1894
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
silver willow1914
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 422/1 In the third class, which are known in the trade as ‘Spaniards’ or Spanish willows, are included about thirty varieties which are classed under Salix amygdalina.
Spanish woodbine n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > American or West Indian
water withy1559
West Indian China-root1577
savannah flower1696
water withe1696
Spanish woodbine1731
potato vine1750
Indian grass1753
seven-year vine1756
tropaeolum1759
woodbine1760
water vine1774
canariensis1835
Philodendron1840
Monstera1858
twig-climber1900
money bush1924
potato creeper1925
sweetheart plant1963
1731Spanish woodbine [see Spanish arbor-vine n.].
b.
Spanish bayonet n. (see bayonet n. 5).
ΚΠ
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 472 Yucca gloriosa and Y. aloifolia (Spanish Bayonet).
1865 F. Parkman Huguenots vii, in Pioneers of France in New World 109 Hacking their way through thickets of the yucca, or Spanish bayonet.
Spanish bean n. (a) a variety of broad bean; (b) U.S. the scarlet runner ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > broad beans
Spanish bean1706
Windsor bean1712
Windsor1786
Windsor tick1797
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > broad beans
Spanish bean1706
Windsor bean1712
mazagan1754
Windsor1786
Windsor tick1797
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 96 Spanish, Sandwich, Windsor Beans.
Spanish beard n. U.S. the epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the Southern States; long-beard.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > Spanish moss
long moss1697
black moss1709
old man's beard1756
Tillandsia1759
Spanish beard1763
Spanish moss1823
longbeard1832
death moss1838
tree-beard1861
Spaniard's beard1880
Florida moss1888
1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana II. iv. 37 The other excrescence is commonly found upon trees near the banks of rivers and lakes. It is called Spanish beard.
1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. I. 372 Another very singular and striking appearance is a kind of Moss, here [i.e. in Mississippi] called Spanish Beards.
1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. iv. 42 The long moss, or Spanish beard begins to be seen below the Arkansas.
1867 H. Latham Black & White 118 The white oaks and cypresses in the swamps are hung with ‘Indian moss’, also called ‘Spanish beard’, a grey pendent lichen.
† Spanish bell n. Obsolete some garden flower, ? Campanula hispanica (cf. German spanische glocke).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers
bell-flower1578
bluebell1578
Canterbury bells1578
Coventry bells1578
Coventry Marians1578
Coventry rapes1578
fair-in-sight1578
gauntlet1578
haskwort1578
Marian's violet1578
throatwort1578
lady's looking glass1597
mariet1597
Mercury's violet1597
peach-bells1597
steeple bells1597
uvula-wort1597
Venus looking-glass1597
campanula1664
Spanish bell1664
corn-violet1665
rampion1688
Venus' glass1728
harebell1767
heath-bell1805
witch bell1808
slipperwort1813
meadow-bell1827
greygle1844
platycodon1844
lady's thimble1853
kikyo1884
witches' bells1884
balloon flower1901
fairy thimble1914
mountain bell1923
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 73 in Sylva August..Flowers in Prime... Spanish Bells, Belvedere.
Spanish bluebell n. = Spanish squill n. below.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 164 Spanish Bluebell..fl[ower]s blue to rose-purple, usually a dozen or more, ascending or nodding in an open raceme.
1979 Guardian 5 June 10/1 Large white butterflies..thrusting their long tongues into the Spanish bluebells.
Spanish cedar n. a species of Central American cedar, esp. Cedrela mexicana, or its timber.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies
sweetwood1607
mastic1657
acajou1666
bastard locust tree1670
bastard locust tree1670
alligator wood1696
muskwood1696
lancewood1697
rodwood1716
cog-wood1725
soapwood1733
down tree?1740
pigeon plum1743
break-axe tree1756
horse-wood1756
loblolly whitewood1756
Spanish elm1756
trumpet-tree1756
ahuehuete1778
ocote1787
locust tree1795
Madeira wood1796
peroba1813
roble1814
louro1816
cecropia1824
purple heart1825
wallaba1825
trumpet-wood1836
gumbo-limbo1837
poui1838
quebracho1839
snake-wood1843
yacca1843
horseflesh wood1851
necklace tree1858
Honduras rosewood1860
turanira1862
softwood1864
wattle-wood1864
balsa tree1866
primavera1871
rauli1874
lemon-wood1879
wheel-tree1882
Spanish stopper1883
gurgeon-stopper1884
pinkwood-tree1884
stopper1884
sloth-tree1885
imbaubaa1893
Spanish cedar1907
amarant1909
Parana pine1916
imbuya1919
mastic-bully1920
banak1921
timbo1924
becuiba1934
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > cedar > types of
hinoki1727
sugi1727
Honduras cedar1799
cryptomeria1838
warracoori1858
pencil wood1859
Spanish cedar1907
1907 A. L. Winton tr. T. F. Hanausek Microsc. Techn. Prod. 219 Cedrela odorata L., Spanish Cedar, Cigar~box Wood.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 287 Spanish cedar is not a true cedar variety, but the wood is favored by some sculptors for carving.
1972 Handbk. of Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) (ed. 2) 53 ‘Central American cedar’ is sometimes called ‘Spanish cedar’ in reference to the former Spanish colonies.
Spanish chestnut n. (see quots.).
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chesteinea700
chesteine-treea1330
castanea1398
chestnut tree1535
chestnut1578
Spanish chestnut1763
sweet chestnut1818
1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 i. 119 For sowing the greatest number of Spanish chesnut-trees.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 80 The sweet, or Spanish chesnut, is very much like oak.
1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 478 Castanea vesca, the so-called Spanish Chestnut, is a native of Asia Minor and the region eastward to the Himalayas.
Spanish cress n. (see quots.).
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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. II. (at cited word) Spanish Cress, the Vella annua, an annual.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 552 Lepidium Cardamines, Spanish Cress.
Spanish dagger n. (see quot. 1866); also more generally, one of several species of Yucca, esp. Y. gloriosa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > yuccas
yucca1664
Adam's Needle1730
bear grass1750
Spanish Bayonet1823
yucca-tree1828
Spanish dagger1859
dagger-plant1866
dasylirion1880
sotol1881
soap-weed1884
1859 A. Van Buren Jottings Sojourn in South 108 A tall ‘Spanish dagger’ stood leaning its crested head.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1075/2 Spanish dagger, a West Indian name for Yucca aloifolia.
1939 G. B. Pickwell Deserts 25/1 Spanish daggers bloom in deserts.
1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Aug. 3/4 The Spanish Dagger, with fruits that are eaten raw, baked on hot stones, made into jelly or dried for winter use.
Spanish elm n. an evergreen timber-tree ( Cordia Geraschanthus) of the West Indies.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies
sweetwood1607
mastic1657
acajou1666
bastard locust tree1670
bastard locust tree1670
alligator wood1696
muskwood1696
lancewood1697
rodwood1716
cog-wood1725
soapwood1733
down tree?1740
pigeon plum1743
break-axe tree1756
horse-wood1756
loblolly whitewood1756
Spanish elm1756
trumpet-tree1756
ahuehuete1778
ocote1787
locust tree1795
Madeira wood1796
peroba1813
roble1814
louro1816
cecropia1824
purple heart1825
wallaba1825
trumpet-wood1836
gumbo-limbo1837
poui1838
quebracho1839
snake-wood1843
yacca1843
horseflesh wood1851
necklace tree1858
Honduras rosewood1860
turanira1862
softwood1864
wattle-wood1864
balsa tree1866
primavera1871
rauli1874
lemon-wood1879
wheel-tree1882
Spanish stopper1883
gurgeon-stopper1884
pinkwood-tree1884
stopper1884
sloth-tree1885
imbaubaa1893
Spanish cedar1907
amarant1909
Parana pine1916
imbuya1919
mastic-bully1920
banak1921
timbo1924
becuiba1934
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 170 Spanish Elm, or Prince-wood..is..one of the best timber woods [etc.].
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 150 Cordia Geraschanthus, Spanish-elm.
Spanish garlic n. the rocambole.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > leek > rocambole
rocambole1698
Spanish garlic1707
sand-leek1887
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 163 Rocamboles are a sort of wild Garlick, otherwise called Spanish Garlick.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 781 Rocambole,..sometimes called Spanish Garlic.
Spanish grass n. Esparto grass.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree > esparto grass
spart?1440
spartum1555
sparto1577
esparto1791
halfa1857
Spanish grass1867
atocha1869
1867 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) II. 237 Esparto or Spanish Grass.
Spanish harebell n. = Spanish squill n. below.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1808 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 28 1102 (heading) Spanish Harebell.
Spanish hedge-nettle n. (see quot.).
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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. II. (at cited word) Spanish Hedge Nettle, the Prasium, a shrub.
Spanish iris n. a bulbous iris of the genus Xiphium, esp. X. vulgare (formerly Iris Xiphium).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > allied flowers
ixia1785
tiger-flower1797
Babiana1801
evening flower1801
watsonia1801
Sparaxis1836
montbretia1846
Spanish iris1863
schizostylis1864
romulea1865
Tigridia1866
kaffir lily1884
acidanthera1894
peacock flower1897
1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 629/2 I. xiphium, sometimes called Spanish I[ris].
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 276/2 The garden plants known as the Spanish iris and the English iris are both of Spanish origin.
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† Spanish marigold n. Obsolete an anemone with large, brightly coloured flowers, Anemone coronaria.
Spanish moss n. = Spanish beard n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > Spanish moss
long moss1697
black moss1709
old man's beard1756
Tillandsia1759
Spanish beard1763
Spanish moss1823
longbeard1832
death moss1838
tree-beard1861
Spaniard's beard1880
Florida moss1888
1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. III. 220 The Spanish moss disappears northwardly of the 33d degree of north latitude.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 373 The long, waving drapery of the tyllindria [sic], or Spanish moss.
1884 Evangelical Mag. Feb. 60 We have the ‘Old Man's Beard’, or Spanish Moss of American Forests.
Spanish needles n. the American plant Bidens bipinnata or its prickly fruit.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian
masterwort1523
hogweed1707
black root1709
many-seed1750
Martynia1753
Maranta1754
hog meat1756
iron1756
Evolvulus1764
zebra plant1826
turkey-flower1843
vriesia1843
Spanish needles1846
turkey-blossom1849
horse poison1851
St Martin's herb1860
goatweed1864
wake-robin1864
frog-bit1866
herb of St. Martin1866
pipi1866
goatweed1869
cigar-plant1961
1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 346 Bidens bipinnata, Spanish Needles.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1075/2 Spanish needles, a name given in the West Indies to the fruits of a species of Bidens.
Spanish nut n. (a) an iridaceous plant, Moræa sisyrinchium, the bulbs of which are eaten in Spain; (b) a variety of hazel-nut, Corylus colurna.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them
skirret-root1565
Spanish nut1597
oca1604
tuckahoe1612
sisyrinchium1629
sedge-root1648
arrowroot1681
breadroot1756
tannia1756
rush nut1783
wapato1796
cous1806
prairie turnip1811
prairie potato1828
native potato1833
murnong1836
Tartarian bread1836
biscuitroot1837
tobacco-root1845
amadumbi1851
chufa1860
yam-bean1864
parsnip chervil1866
tiger-nut1887
yautia1899
wasabi1903
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 94 Spanish Nut hath smal grassie leaues.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva Ladies Slipper, Stock-gilly-flowers, Spanish Nut.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Nut, Spanish, Iris.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 442 The stipules..of the Byzantine or Spanish nut, which Linnæus gives as a distinct species, are linear.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 46 Moræa sisyrinchium, Spanish-nut.
Spanish oyster plant n. a spiny Mediterranean plant of the genus Scolymus (family Compositae) with winged stems, deeply cut leaves, and yellow-rayed flowers, esp. S. hispanicus, formerly cultivated locally for its root, which can be eaten like salsify; also called golden thistle.
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1863 F. Burr Field & Garden Veg. 94 Spanish oyster plant.
1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 643 Scolymus, Spanish scolymus, Spanish oyster plant, or golden thistle.
a1921 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Insect World of J. H. Fabre (1991) i. 4 Here and there..like a chandelier with spreading, orange flowers for lights, the fierce Spanish oyster-plant, whose spikes are strong as nails.
1978 O. Polunin & A. Huxley Flowers of Mediterranean 192 S[colymus] hispanicus. Spanish Oyster Plant. An extremely spiny, thistle-like plant with yellow stalkless flower heads surrounded and overtopped by very spiny bracts.
† Spanish pick-tooth n. Obsolete (see quot.).
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Spanish Pick-tooth, a sort of Herb.
Spanish pink n. Dianthus hispanicus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pinks or carnations
gillyflower1517
carnation1538
clove gillyflower1538
incarnation1538
William1538
pink1566
John1572
Indian eye1573
sops-in-wine1573
sweet John1573
sweet-william1573
tuft gillyflower1573
Colmenier1578
small honesty1578
tol-me-neer1578
London tuft1597
maidenly pink1597
mountain pink1597
clove-carnation1605
musk-gillyflower1607
London pride1629
pride of London1629
maiden pink1650
Indian pink1664
Spanish pink1664
pheasant's eye pink1718
flake1727
flame1727
picotee1727
old man's head1731
painted lady1731
piquet1731
China-pink1736
clove1746
wild pink1753
lime-wort1777
matted thrift1792
clove-pink1837
Cheddar Pink1843
Dianthus1849
bunch pink1857
perpetual-flowering carnation1861
cliff pink1863
meadow pink1866
musk carnation1866
Jack1873
wax-pink1891
Malmaison1892
grenadin1904
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva Span. pinkes, Deptford-pinke.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Spanish Pink, Dianthus hispanicus.
Spanish plum n. = plum n. 3b.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > other American fruit-plants
guava1555
anchovy pear1657
river pear1696
sour-sop tree1696
monkey apple1750
stopper-berry tree1750
sour-sop1753
chocho1756
sweet plum1796
pequi1819
Spanish plum1823
jaboticaba1824
christophene1830
Quito orange1846
pepino1850
mountain mango1861
chayote1884
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
choko1902
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. II. at Spondias The species are trees, as the..Purple Hog-Plum, or Spanish Plum.
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Spanish-plum, Spondias purpurea.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 305 Hog Plum or Yellow Spanish Plum of Jamaica, Spondias lutea.—Large tree.
† Spanish potato n. Obsolete (a) the potato (potato n. 2); (b) the sweet potato (potato n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > sweet potato
potato1565
batata1577
potato root1583
Spanish potato1599
red batata1696
Virginia potato1715
sweet potato1750
yam1753
kumara1773
boniato1800
camote1842
Carolina potato1848
Carolina1884
mickey1936
kau kau1937
1599 J. Gerard Catal. Arborum (rev. ed.) 15 Papus orbiculatus, Bastard Potatoes. Papus Hispanorum, Spanish Potatoes. [Catal. 1596 C 2/1 had only the Latin names].
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 517 Battatas Hispanorum, Spanish Potatoes.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 518 The Spanish Potato's are roasted vnder the embers..put into sacke with a little sugar, or without, and is delicate to be eaten.
1634 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 12 The Spanish potato he holds as a bable.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Pref. The Spanish Patata, eaten commonly in Jamaica, is a true Convolvulus.
Spanish soldier n. = Spaniard n. 3a.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > Australasian > other Australian plants
lechenaultia1814
spear-grass1847
Spaniard1851
acroclinium1852
fuchsia1866
scrub vine1866
bayonet grass1868
Scotchman1872
Queensland hemp1876
Spanish soldier1901
bindi-eye1911
scab weed1927
1901 Gardener 12 Jan. 1048 Close by..is a Spanish Soldier.., stiff and pointed with its three-cornered stem-like leaves.
Spanish squill n. a bulbous plant, Endymion hispanicus (formerly Scilla hispanica), bearing loose racemes of blue, pink, or white bell-shaped flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > allied flowers
dog's tooth1578
daylily1597
mountain saffron1597
phalangium1608
Savoy spiderwort1629
hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1790 Bot. Mag. 4 128 (heading) Spanish Squill.
1882 Garden 27 Sept. 372/1 Two or three others..continue in beauty till the first flowers of the Spanish Squill expand.
1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. xi. 13/2 Late—Spanish squill..and double late tulips.
Spanish stopper n. = gurgeon-stopper n. at gurgeon n.; cf. stopper n. 8.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies
sweetwood1607
mastic1657
acajou1666
bastard locust tree1670
bastard locust tree1670
alligator wood1696
muskwood1696
lancewood1697
rodwood1716
cog-wood1725
soapwood1733
down tree?1740
pigeon plum1743
break-axe tree1756
horse-wood1756
loblolly whitewood1756
Spanish elm1756
trumpet-tree1756
ahuehuete1778
ocote1787
locust tree1795
Madeira wood1796
peroba1813
roble1814
louro1816
cecropia1824
purple heart1825
wallaba1825
trumpet-wood1836
gumbo-limbo1837
poui1838
quebracho1839
snake-wood1843
yacca1843
horseflesh wood1851
necklace tree1858
Honduras rosewood1860
turanira1862
softwood1864
wattle-wood1864
balsa tree1866
primavera1871
rauli1874
lemon-wood1879
wheel-tree1882
Spanish stopper1883
gurgeon-stopper1884
pinkwood-tree1884
stopper1884
sloth-tree1885
imbaubaa1893
Spanish cedar1907
amarant1909
Parana pine1916
imbuya1919
mastic-bully1920
banak1921
timbo1924
becuiba1934
1883 G. O. Shields Hunting Great West xxi. 195 Within the space of this five acres may be found..Spanish stoppor [sic].
1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 724 Spanish Stopper—Eugenia buxifolia... Also called Gurgeon stopper; this small tree or shrub of the West Indies enters our area in southern peninsular Florida and the Keys.
1921 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees N. Amer. (ed. 2) 771 Eugenia buxifolia Willd. Gurgeon Stopper. Spanish Stopper.
† Spanish trumpet n. Obsolete the jonquil.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > daffodil or narcissus
narcissusOE
daffodil1548
laus tibi1548
affodill1551
primrose peerless1578
narciss1586
jonquil1629
Spanish trumpet1664
hoop-petticoat1731
poet's narcissus?1786
poet's daffodil1798
Queen Anne's double jonquil1806
polyanthus narcissus1841
tazetta1847
sweet Nancy1848
polyanth narcissus1856
pheasant's eye1872
peerless primrose1884
Tenby daffodil1884
Queen Anne's daffodil1889
poetaz1906
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva March..Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting..Spanish Trumpets or Junquilles.
Spanish viper's grass n. scorzonera, esp. S. hispanica or black salsify.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > scorzonera
senecio1562
scorzoner1597
viper's grass1597
scorzonera1629
Spanish viper's grass1852
viper's plant1884
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > black salsify
scorzoner1597
viper's grass1597
scorzonera1629
black salsify1699
vegetable oyster1806
Spanish viper's grass1852
viper's plant1884
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 837 Spanish Viper's Grass, Scorzonera.
C7. Special collocations:
† Spanish ashes n. Obsolete = barilla n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-making materials
metal1589
saffora1604
massacote1622
frit1662
polverine1662
rochetta1662
tarso1662
Spanish ashes1725
bollito1753
glass-maker's manganese1797
soap of glass1815
cullet1817
muff1820
batch1874
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > potash > used in glass-making
saffora1604
barilla1622
massacote1622
polverine1662
rochetta1662
Spanish ashes1725
1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. iii. 35 These ashes they call Spanish.
1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 596 The ashes..are brought to us, under the name of Spanish ashes or bariglia.
Spanish biscuit n. (see quots.).
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1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xi. 252 To make Spanish Biscuits.
Spanish black n. (see quots.).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > pigment
blackOE
lamp-black1598
charcoal-black1622
ivory-black1634
blue-black1665
bone black1665
Indian ink1665
India ink1700
smoke-black1712
China-ink1782
Frankfort black1823
almond black1835
Spanish black1839
gas black1841
abaiser1849
peach black1852
vine-black1860
carbon black1872
drop-black1879
aspergillin1891
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 68 in Sylva Cherries..the Common-cherry, Spanish-black.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 341 When this cork [sc. the white cork of France] is burned in close vessels it forms the pigment called Spanish black.
Spanish bowline n. (see quot. 1968).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > knot used by sailors > specific
bowline-knot1627
clinch1627
sheepshank1627
wall-knot1627
running bowline1710
running bowline knot1726
bend1769
clove-hitch1769
half-hitch1769
hitch1769
walnut1769
cat's paw1794
midshipman's hitch1794
reef knot1794
clench1804
French shroud knot1808
carrick bend1819
bowline1823
slippery hitch1832
wall1834
Matthew Walker1841
shroud-knot1860
stopper-knotc1860
marling hitch1867
wind-knot1870
Portuguese knot1871
rosette1875
chain knota1877
stopper-hitch1876
swab-hitch1883
monkey fist1917
Spanish bowline1968
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > any knot used by sailors > other specific sailors' knots
bowline-knot1627
clinch1627
sheepshank1627
wall-knot1627
running bowline1710
running bowline knot1726
bend1769
clove-hitch1769
half-hitch1769
hitch1769
walnut1769
Magnus hitch1794
midshipman's hitch1794
clench1804
French shroud knot1808
carrick bend1819
bowline1823
slippery hitch1832
wall1834
cat's paw1840
Matthew Walker1841
shroud-knot1860
stopper-knotc1860
Portuguese knot1871
chain knota1877
stopper-hitch1876
swab-hitch1883
Spanish bowline1968
1968 E. Franklin Dict. Knots 26 Spanish bowline, a double loop knot that is tied in the bight in which the two loops are splayed.
1974 Maclean's May 10/2 Spanish bowlines to make slings for scaffolding.
Spanish brown n. a kind of earth having a reddish-brown colour (due to peroxide of iron), used as a pigment; also, the colour which this imparts.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > other browns
umberc1568
Spanish brown1660
earth colour1688
raw umber1702
iron brown1714
clove-brown1794
raw sienna1797
wood-brown1805
moorit1809
coffee1815
oak1815
burnt almond1850
Vandyke brown1850
Turk's head1853
catechu brown1860
oak brown1860
mummy brown1861
walnut-brown1865
Havana1873
havana brown1875
wax-brown1887
box1889
nutria1897
caramel1909
wallflower brown1913
cigar1923
desert-brown1923
sunburn1923
tobacco1923
maple1926
butterscotch1927
walnut1934
snuff1951
mink1955
toffee1960
sludge1962
earth-tone1973
the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments
brown1549
umberc1568
castory1590
wood-colour1622
burnt umbera1650
Cologne earth1658
Spanish brown1660
raw umber1702
bistre1728
Siena1787
raw sienna1797
Terra Siennaa1817
sepia1821
brown ochre1823
bone brown1831
indigo-brown1838
mummy1854
Cassel brown1860
Prussian brown1860
mineral brown1869
Cappagh brown1875
Verona brown1889
1660 Albert Durer Revived 15 Spanish Brown is a dirty brown colour.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 215 Timber-works that are expos'd to the Weather, ought..to be Prim'd with Spanish-brown.
1732 Art of Drawing & Painting in Water-colours (ed. 2) 63 Shadow your Vermilion with Spanish brown.
1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1313 The cement is..hardened with red ochre, or Spanish brown and whiting.
Spanish burn n. Nautical (see quots.).
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 640 Spanish-Burn, a specious method of hiding defects in timber, by chopping it in pieces.
Spanish burton n. Nautical (see quots.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > other tackles
polancre1356
Breton tackle1495
burton1704
relieving tackle1717
Spanish burton1829
watch-tackle1840
pendant tackle1852
top-burtonc1860
cant-fall1867
coal-whipper1881
1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Mechanics ii. viii. 36 In figs. 65, 66, are represented systems with two ropes and two moveable pullies, called Spanish burtons.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 55 A single Spanish burton, has three single blocks; or two single blocks and a hook fixed to one of the bights of the standing part of the tackle. A double Spanish burton, has one double and two single blocks.
† Spanish chalk n. Obsolete a variety of steatite found in Spain.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc > steatite > varieties
French chalk1728
potstone1741
Spanish chalk1760
polyphant stone1867
1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 41 My friend Mr. Dacosta shewed me a piece of Spanish chalk.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 154 The steatites of China..is often called Spanish Chalk.
Spanish Civil War n. the civil war in Spain (1936–9), espoused on both sides as a popular ‘cause’ throughout Europe and America, in which Nationalist rebel forces, with Fascist support, overcame the Republican Government and its anti-Fascist allies (cf. International Brigade n. at international adj. and n. Compounds).
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society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > civil war > specific
civil war1712
the troubles1786
English Civil War1794
Wars of the Roses1809
the late unpleasantness1866
War between the States1867
Spanish Civil War1936
Spanish War1937
1936 C. Prieto Spanish Front xi. 80 It is hardly necessary in this book to give a detailed description of the Spanish Civil War.
1981 A. Price Soldier no More xi. 144 He'd subscribed to all sorts of causes, from the Spanish Civil War onwards.
Spanish clew n. Nautical (see quot.).
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1893 A. H. Alston & T. P. Walker Seamanship (ed. 3) 116 Spanish Clews..are made by serving the nettles round below the seizing, leaving one out on each side, at regular intervals.
† Spanish coal n. Obsolete an aromatic composition [Spanish pebete] burned as a perfume.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense
rechelseOE
storc1000
incensec1290
censea1382
guma1382
olibanuma1398
thus1398
frankincensea1400
frank14..
thurec1425
mascle thure?1440
olibanc1440
smoke1530
perfume1542
masculine frankincense1555
tacamahac1577
cayolac1588
masculine gum1604
candle1628
pastille1630
Spanish coal1631
incense-frank1633
thymiama1697
censery1823
punk1844
joss-stick1845
god-stick1874
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 150 in Wks. II They onely Might aske for your piueti, Spanish-cole, To burne, and sweeten a roome.
† Spanish coin n. slang Obsolete (see quot.).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]
fickling?c1225
flattering?c1225
oluhningc1225
glozec1290
glozing1297
losengery1303
blandishingc1305
blandingc1315
flatteryc1320
glotheringc1325
soothinga1400
honey word?1406
faginga1425
flatrisec1440
smekingc1440
blandishc1475
blandiment?1510
glavering1545
coggingc1555
good1563
milksop1577
court holy water1583
glavery1583
blandishment1591
lipsalve1591
court holy bread1592
flatter1593
colloguing1596
sooth1597
daub?1602
blandation1605
lullaby1611
court-water1616
butter1618
blandiloquy1623
oil1645
court-element1649
courtshipment1649
courtship1655
blandiloquence1656
court-creama1657
daubing1656
fleecha1700
Spanish money1699
cajole1719
whiting1721
palaver1733
butter boat1747
flummery1749
treacle1771
Spanish coin1785
blancmange1790
blarney1796
soft corn1814
whillywha1816
carney1818
buttering up1819
soft soap1821
flam1825
slaver1825
soft solder1836
soothing syrup1839
soft-soaping1840
plámás1853
sawder1854
soap1854
salve1859
taffy1878
plámásing1897
flannel1927
smarm1937
flannelling1945
sweet talk1945
schmear1950
smarming1950
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Spanish coin, fair words, and compliments.
Spanish-Colonial adj. designating a style of architecture characteristic of the former Spanish colonies in the Americas; also absol.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Spanish > specific type
Spanish-Colonial1927
1927 Sunset Mag. May 15/2 The popular desire seems to be to call this architecture Spanish. Architects are inclined to call it Spanish-Colonial.
1937 R. Newcomb Spanish-Colonial Archit. in U.S. viii. 37 Many in these states have wished to build in the Spanish Colonial rather than in the American Colonial.
1973 G. Sims Hunters Point xiii. 114 It's what they call Spanish Colonial style with wooden columns and a roof of heavily twisted tiles.
1977 H. Fast Immigrants i. 39 There was much substance if little taste all through the dining room,..a curious and uninspiring marriage of Spanish Colonial and Victorian.
Spanish comb n. a decorative comb having a deep top, worn in the hair.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > comb
side-combc1784
tucking-comb1822
tuck-comb1824
back-comb1865
Spanish comb1873
peineta1926
1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 131/2 Diadem plaits or torsade, fastened with a Spanish comb.
1923 M. Kennedy Ladies of Lyndon iv. 234 Could you find my Spanish comb? And..that black lace shawl.
1975 Times 23 Aug. 7/2 She hoped her mother would let her wear a Spanish comb she had rashly bought.
Spanish dance n. the traditional dance form of Spain, of gypsy origin and characterized by elaborate heel-work and frequently involving the use of castanets.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun]
Spanish dance1931
Spanish dancing1948
1931 K. Boyle Plagued by Nightingale xvi. 137 He was doing a lively Spanish dance to the piercing screams of their laughter.
1974 W. Foley Child in Forest 20 Our elder sister..once did a ‘Spanish’ dance on the end of the bed, with a cracked soap-dish for a castanet.
Spanish dancer n.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun] > dancer
Spanish dancer1948
1948 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing i. 1 There are great Spanish dancers, male and female, who are not Spanish.
1980 A. Cornelisen Torregreca vi. 129 At Carnevale..Maria made ‘Spanish dancers'’ dresses for herself and her little brother.
Spanish dancing n.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun]
Spanish dance1931
Spanish dancing1948
1948 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing i. 4 Hermetic Spain is that promised land to which we go to find..the greatest..Spanish dancing in the world.
† Spanish fig n. Obsolete (see fig n.1 2).
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1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L3v To see poore English asses how soberly they swallow Spanish figges deuour any hooke baited for them.
Spanish flu n. = Spanish influenza n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > influenza
influenza1743
grippe1775
lightning catarrh1836
flu1839
Spanish influenza1890
St. Kilda cold1897
Spanish flu1918
Asian flu1957
Asian influenza1957
Mao flu1968
Asian contagion1997
1918 W. Owen Let. 24 June (1967) 560 About 30 officers are smitten with the Spanish Flu.
1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. ii. v. 161 When we had the Spanish Flu on the farm, Farah was..shivering with fever.
1979 D. Williams Genesis & Exodus xi. 213 Those who had survived 1914–18 and the plague of Spanish flu that followed.
2013 Australian (Nexis) 12 Nov. 11 Don Watson's grandfather was twice wounded in Flanders after being infected with Spanish flu.
Spanish foot n. a foot (of a chair or other piece of furniture) of a scroll form with vertical ribs.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > foot
claw-foot1862
spade-foot1891
Spanish foot1902
bun foot1904
pad foot1905
1902 F. C. Morse Furnit. of Olden Time vi. 151 The chair..is of the style called Queen Anne. It has Spanish feet.
1923 J. C. Rogers Eng. Furnit. ii. ii. 56 Legs also were given a sudden broadening like an inverted cup... In some cases there was the carved ‘Spanish’ foot.
1975 Country Life 29 May (Suppl.) 40h (advt.) Early 16th century Virginia walnut gateleg table with..Spanish feet.
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Spanish fox n. Nautical (see fox n. 8).
† Spanish green n. Obsolete verdigris.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > verdigris
verdigris1300
green brassa1398
Spanish green1611
aerugo1664
verdigris water1668
verd-antiquea1835
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Verd de gris, verdi~grease, a Spanish greene.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Spaensch Groen, spanish Greene.
Spanish guitar n. the standard six-stringed (originally five-stringed) non-electric guitar, used for both folk and classical music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar
guitara1637
kitarc1640
Spanish guitar1862
easy rider1912
plectrum guitar1938
rhythm guitar1939
1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales i. 10 Playing remarkably well on the guitar—not the trumpery German thing so called—but the real Spanish guitar.
1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 54 The Spanish Guitar, with its resonant tone and range, has created a minor revolution in the ranks of the fretted instrument players.
1961 A. Birch in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages vii. 168 At some point during the sixteenth century a fifth course became standard for guitar in Spain... It was this new five-course instrument which was to carry the name of ‘Spanish guitar’.
Spanish hat n. (see quot. 1960).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > other
felt1612
castor1640
chip hat1723
Spanish hat1784
stuff hat1839
tinfoil hat1884
1784 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) i. 26 I found a Spanish hat was what I must bye... Even silk Balloons are almost out—I have not seen a Cap since I came.
1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. 21 688/1 A ricketty lay-figure, in a Spanish hat and cloak.
1882 C. M. Yonge Unknown to Hist. II. iv. 47 Captain Fortescue..a long plume in his Spanish hat.
1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 201/2 Spanish hat,..a large hat of velvet, satin or sarcenet, the brim evasé, trimmed with feathers.
1980 A. Crawley Dial 200-200 xi. 119 Maria, looking fabulous in her white satin bolero, tight trousers and black Spanish hat.
Spanish influenza n. epidemic or pandemic influenza; spec. the pandemic of 1918–19, which was the most widespread and virulent of all known influenza outbreaks (to date); frequently attributive.The 1918 pandemic is thought to have originated in the United States, but relatively early in its course was very severe in Spain. The pandemic of 1889–90 was commonly called Russian influenza.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > influenza
influenza1743
grippe1775
lightning catarrh1836
flu1839
Spanish influenza1890
St. Kilda cold1897
Spanish flu1918
Asian flu1957
Asian influenza1957
Mao flu1968
Asian contagion1997
1890 Daily News (St. Paul, Minnesota) 5 Apr. 4/2 Mme. Emma Nevada has entirely recovered from her long attack of Spanish influenza.
1918 Times 25 June 9/4 Everybody thinks of it as the ‘Spanish’ influenza today.
1953 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 47 442 The so-called Spanish influenza had been unduly prevalent in Europe during the spring and early summer of 1918, spreading along lines of communication from western Europe to most parts of the world.
2005 BBC Focus Dec. 5/4 He has published 250 scientific papers, with his main interest being the pathogenicity of influenza, in particular the 1918 Spanish Influenza strain.
Spanish juice n. (see liquorice n. 1).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines
savineOE
liquoricec1275
verjuice1302
sandragon1334
sugar roset1363
acaciaa1398
agnus castusa1398
sebestenc1400
socotrine aloesa1425
tapsimelc1425
valencec1425
aconitum?a1450
hypericum1471
cassia1543
guaiacum1553
guaiac1558
butcher's broom1578
solanum1578
liquorice-stick1580
symphonia1597
tabasheer1598
diascord1605
orange-bead1626
oxymel of squills1654
Japonic earth1673
terebinthina1693
terebinthinate1696
pareira brava1698
rhabarbarate1716
Japan earth1718
buglossate1725
squill1725
phytolacca1730
nettle juice1747
xanthoxyloïn1767
mustard whey1769
Jesuits' drops1783
digitalis1785
arnica1788
mel-rose1790
gallic acid1791
valerian1794
sacred elixir1797
drosera1801
Spanish juice1803
mudar1819
sabadilla1821
parillin1825
mudarin1829
salicin1830
sang1843
peppermint camphor1854
pareira1855
savanilla1856
euonymin1862
menthol1862
phytolaccin1864
alstonia1868
agoniadin1870
guimauve1870
gelsemium1875
iridin1879
hazeline1880
tub-camphor1880
echinacea1887
jacaranda1887
hamamelin1890
quillain1890
vieirin1893
thiolin1894
mentha camphor1902
hamamelis1910
phytohaemagglutinin1949
adaptogen1966
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice
liquoricec1275
liquorice-stick1580
rigolice1580
glycyrize1599
Spanish liquorice1753
Pomfret?1780
Spanish juice1803
sugarallie1812
allsorts1851
sugarallie button1887
liquorice all-sorts1928
nigger baby1934
bootlace1935
liquorice bootlace1952
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 166 The insertion in the Schedule [of the Medicine Act of 1802] of such names as Spanish juice, refined liquorice [etc.].
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 166 Spanish juice is the sweet extract of the Liquorice-root..evaporated to dryness.
Spanish liquorice n. (see liquorice n. 1).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > liquorice
liquoricec1275
liquorice-stick1580
rigolice1580
glycyrize1599
Spanish liquorice1753
Pomfret?1780
Spanish juice1803
sugarallie1812
allsorts1851
sugarallie button1887
liquorice all-sorts1928
nigger baby1934
bootlace1935
liquorice bootlace1952
1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 77 Their poison..has a great deal of resemblance with Spanish liquorice.
Spanish march n. slang (see quots.).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of trot
passage1728
piaffer1754
Spanish march1884
Spanish trot1884
piaffe1899
1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship ii. xvii. 145 The Spanish march should be practised at a very slow walk, and the horse well supported by the hand.
† Spanish money n. slang Obsolete (see quot.).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun]
fickling?c1225
flattering?c1225
oluhningc1225
glozec1290
glozing1297
losengery1303
blandishingc1305
blandingc1315
flatteryc1320
glotheringc1325
soothinga1400
honey word?1406
faginga1425
flatrisec1440
smekingc1440
blandishc1475
blandiment?1510
glavering1545
coggingc1555
good1563
milksop1577
court holy water1583
glavery1583
blandishment1591
lipsalve1591
court holy bread1592
flatter1593
colloguing1596
sooth1597
daub?1602
blandation1605
lullaby1611
court-water1616
butter1618
blandiloquy1623
oil1645
court-element1649
courtshipment1649
courtship1655
blandiloquence1656
court-creama1657
daubing1656
fleecha1700
Spanish money1699
cajole1719
whiting1721
palaver1733
butter boat1747
flummery1749
treacle1771
Spanish coin1785
blancmange1790
blarney1796
soft corn1814
whillywha1816
carney1818
buttering up1819
soft soap1821
flam1825
slaver1825
soft solder1836
soothing syrup1839
soft-soaping1840
plámás1853
sawder1854
soap1854
salve1859
taffy1878
plámásing1897
flannel1927
smarm1937
flannelling1945
sweet talk1945
schmear1950
smarming1950
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Spanish-money, fair Words and Compliments.
Spanish omelette n. an omelette containing a selection of tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and other vegetables.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > omelette
froise1338
moyse1611
omelette1611
omelette aux fines herbes1800
frittata1825
omelette soufflé1826
Spanish tortilla1884
Spanish omelette1886
tortilla española1957
chips mayai1998
1886 S. T. Rorer Philadelphia Cook Bk. 260 (heading) Spanish omelet.
1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xxv. 295 One eye was..so surrounded with bruised flesh that..it looked like a Spanish omelet.
1974 A. Williams Gentleman Traitor xv. 248 He..had the African cook prepare him a Spanish omelette.
Spanish padlock n. slang (see quot.).
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1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Spanish Padlock, a kind of girdle contrived by jealous husbands of that nation, to secure the chastity of their wives.
† Spanish paint n. Obsolete cosmetics coming from or used in Spain.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > from Spain
Spanish paper1650
Spanish paint1668
Spanish or oriental wool1678
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 303 Bianca Alexandrina,..Spanish Paint for Ladies.
† Spanish paper n. Obsolete cosmetics coming from or used in Spain.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > from Spain
Spanish paper1650
Spanish paint1668
Spanish or oriental wool1678
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 155 The women of Spaine are also great painters, other Nations having learnt from them the use of Spanish-paper.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 156 Now they have too little colour, then Spanish-paper, Red-leather and other Cosmetical Rubriques must be had.
† Spanish pike n. Obsolete a needle (cf. Compounds 2).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > needle
needleeOE
Spanish pikec1639
steel bar1785
locomotive1880
c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) ii. 12 A French Gentleman that trayls a Spanish pike. A Tailor.
Spanish red n. an ochre resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower (Fairholt, 1854).
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1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Spanish red.
Spanish reef n. Nautical (see quot.).
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 640 Spanish Reef, the yards lowered on the cap. Also, a knot tied in the head of the jib.
Spanish salad n. U.S. a salad composed of beans, peas, and tomatoes.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > salad
saladc1390
round salad1578
acetar1623
acetary1657
green salad1675
sass1775
potato salad1796
Russian salad1846
egg salad1873
sunomono1900
salade niçoise1907
Spanish salad1911
Waldorf salad1911
gado-gado1924
Spanish sauce1928
panzanella1937
side salad1940
Caesar salad1946
Cobb salad1947
wedge salad1949
chaat1954
fattoush1955
tabbouleh1955
pico de gallo1958
Caesar1978
caprese1978
1911 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Spanish salad.
Spanish sauce n. U.S. a salad composed of beans, peas, and tomatoes.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > salad
saladc1390
round salad1578
acetar1623
acetary1657
green salad1675
sass1775
potato salad1796
Russian salad1846
egg salad1873
sunomono1900
salade niçoise1907
Spanish salad1911
Waldorf salad1911
gado-gado1924
Spanish sauce1928
panzanella1937
side salad1940
Caesar salad1946
Cobb salad1947
wedge salad1949
chaat1954
fattoush1955
tabbouleh1955
pico de gallo1958
Caesar1978
caprese1978
1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge 79 Hamburg steak and Spanish sauce.
Spanish spoon n. a kind of long-handled scoop used for removing the earth in the excavation of holes for telegraph posts.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > shovel > long-handled
skeetc1450
skippet1764
Spanish spoon1876
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 191 For light lines, on which the poles need not be inserted to a greater depth than four feet, the Spanish Spoon answers the purpose..very fairly.
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Spanish stripes n. a kind of woollen fabric (Knight, 1875).
† Spanish sword n. Obsolete a rapier.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > rapier
bird spitc1450
rapier1503
tuck1508
Spanish sword?1533
walking rapier?1620
single rapier1709
flamberg1885
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cii The spanishe sworde, la rapiere.
Spanish tile n. Building (a) a roofing tile that is curved cylindrically and slightly tapered, to be laid alternately convex and concave so as to overlap at both sides; (b) U.S. a curved roofing tile that is laid convex upwards and overlaps at one side only by means of a straight projection.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > curved or hollow
holtile1362
pantile1635
pentile1755
imbrex1857
Spanish tile1913
1904 F. E. Kidder Architect's & Builder's Pocket-bk. (ed. 14) iii. 1430 Galvanized-iron tiles of the ‘Spanish’ pattern.]
1913 F. E. Kidder Building-constr. & Superintendence (ed. 9) ii. iv. 278 The rafters..are covered with Ludovici interlocking Spanish tiles set on the ‘shiplap’ roof~boarding.
1956 E. Molloy Builders' & Decorators' Ref. Bk. xvii. 3 The English pantile..is a descendant of the Spanish tile.., also called the over-and-under tile.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. (Advt. Suppl.) 16/4 High beamed ceilings, brick floors, French doors, and Spanish tile all help in adding southwestern flavor to a contemporary look.
Spanish trot n. (see quots.).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of trot
passage1728
piaffer1754
Spanish march1884
Spanish trot1884
piaffe1899
1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship ii. xvii. 143 The Spanish Trot is an exaggerated action in which, at each stride, a fore-leg is thrust boldly to the front, and there is a poise or half halt as the horse is in air.
Spanish trumpeter n. (see quots.).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > sound made by > braying ass
trumpeter1638
Spanish trumpeter1785
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Spanish, or King of Spain's Trumpeter, an ass when braying.
Spanish tummy n. colloquial a stomach upset of a type frequently experienced by visitors to Spain.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of stomach > [noun] > gastric disturbance
working1577
undulation1681
gastricity1796
collywobbles1823
all of a rejumble1866
tummy upset1926
Delhi belly1942
Spanish tummy1967
tummy bug1969
1967 Sunday Times 21 May (Colour Suppl.) 39 They never seem to get Spanish tummy, and their children are never overtired brats.
1968 A. Brown Slay me Suddenly ix. 129 ‘Where's Herbert?’ ‘Vomiting... Spanish tummy, I suppose.’
Spanish War n. = Spanish Civil War n. above.
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society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > civil war > specific
civil war1712
the troubles1786
English Civil War1794
Wars of the Roses1809
the late unpleasantness1866
War between the States1867
Spanish Civil War1936
Spanish War1937
1937 H. Nicolson Diary 27 July (1966) 310 He [sc. Anthony Eden] thinks that the Spanish War will last another year.
1977 C. McCarry Secret Lovers x. 130 Is it a good book? You said you were in the Spanish war.
Spanish wave n. (after German or Dutch use as an intensive see quot. 1852).
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > unusually large
sea1582
tenth wave1585
sea-mountain1694
mountain wave1696
seventh wave1759
death wave1832
fluctuosity1850
Spanish wave1852
ranger1891
1852 tr. I. Pfeiffer Journ. Iceland 56 Our decks were washed by a great many Spanish waves. Note. The large waves which approach from the westward are called by the sailors Spanish waves or billows.
1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 22 Tumbling about on the top of the great Atlantic rollers—or Spanish waves, as they are called—until I thought the ship would roll the masts out of her.
Spanish white n. (a) finely powdered chalk used as a pigment or for its cleansing properties; (b) a fine quality of flour (see quot. 1882).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > other cleaning methods, devices, or substances > [noun] > substances
ox-gall?c1450
Spanish white1546
pipeclay1732
bottle-cleaner1788
ox bile1815
amole1831
benzol1838
benzine-collas1864
benzene1872
benzoline1874
varnish-remover1965
the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > white pigment or paint
white leadlOE
whitea1300
blank plumbc1325
cerusec1405
white earth1448
Spanish white1546
litharge1551
mineral white1651
flake-white1660
Vienna white1816
permanent white1822
zinc white1847
constant white1854
Krems1854
Cremnitz1874
silver-white1875
lithoponea1884
baryta white1885
Charlton white1885
titanium white1920
the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > fine flour
marrow of wheateOE
gruel1333
maine flourc1440
tearc1440
manchet floura1450
pollen1523
amyl1577
blancheen1601
smeddum1808
cones1844
Vienna1868
Spanish white1882
1546 Invent. Ch. Goods Sussex 106 For Spaynysch whytt, vjs vjd.
1686 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 26 Spanish white made of Chalk and Alum burnt together.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. vii. 313 This is the magistery of bismuth, used by the ladies for a cosmetic; and is termed, by artists, Spanish white.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 755 The varnish,..when quite dry, [is] cleaned with starch or Spanish white.
1882 Notes on Cerem. (ed. 2) 44 (note) The very best white flour,..either that known as ‘Spanish whites’, or else ‘Hungarian flour’.
Spanish windlass n. Nautical (see quot. 1846).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > wooden roller and lever
Spanish windlass1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 290 Spanish-windlass, a wooden roller having a rope wound about it, through the bight of which rope an iron bolt is inserted as a lever for heaving it round.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 29 Heave both parts of the strop together with a Spanish windlass.
Spanish wood n. Spanish mahogany.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > mahogany > types of
madeira1663
Madeira mahogany1768
Honduras mahogany1786
baywood1869
Spanish wood1875
plum-pudding mahogany1908
avodiré1934
1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 15 The mahogany being what is often called cedar, to distinguish it from the very hard Spanish wood.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 301 This camera is..made of Spanish wood.
Spanish wool n. a variety of rouge (see also Compounds 2).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > paints or colours > reddening
reda1398
cloth of Levant1497
red leather1545
safflower1583
cheek-varnish1598
vermilion1600
rubric1650
rud1651
Spanish wool1678
French reda1680
saffranon1731
French rouge?1745
rouge1746
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Spanish-Wool, a parcel of Wool so coloured by Spanish Art, and therefore so called, that it imparts its tincture to Ladies [etc.].
1838 Penny Mag. 1 Dec. 467/2 Two other preparations, called Spanish wool and Oriental wool, have been long known to..the dealers and consumers of rouge.
† Spanish worm n. Obsolete (see quot.).
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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Spanish worm, a nail, so called by carpenters when they meet one in a board they are sawing.
C8. Spanish-barrelled, Spanish-born, Spanish-built, Spanish-looking, Spanish-speaking, Spanish-surnamed adjs.
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a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) ix. 117 Resolutely oppose those Spanish-born, or Spanish-sworn Tyrannies.
c1677 in A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (1678) 61 A Spanish built Ship.
1812 W. Scott Let. 4 Apr. (1932) III. 99 I have got Rob Roys gun a long Spanish barreld piece.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iv. 97 Levelling their long Spanish-barrelled guns.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. x. 85 A shrewd Spanish-speaking school-master.
1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lvi Mr. Peter Domecq was, I believe, Spanish born.
1944 N. Coward Star Quality (1951) 85 Rather a good Spanish-looking sideboard.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 20 June 2- a/1 In what was called the first tabulation of Latino ‘segregation trends’, the study also said segregation of Spanish-surnamed pupils increased in the 1970s in all regions of the nation.
1981 R. Rendell Put on by Cunning vii. 65 A dark, Spanish-looking girl.

Derivatives

ˈSpanishness n. the quality of being Spanish.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > quality
Spanishness1960
Spanishry1963
1960 L. Durrell in N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 June vii. 1/1 We travel really to try and get to grips with this mysterious quality of ‘Greekness’ or ‘Spanishness’.
1977 V. S. Pritchett Gentle Barbarian iii. 41 Her Spanishness had its Islamic roots.
ˈSpanishry n.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > quality
Spanishness1960
Spanishry1963
1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 May 356/5 This intense ‘Spanishry’ of Unamuno's..may be a reason..for his comparative neglect in this country.
1965 Listener 25 Nov. 873/2 In the company of the desolate Gigues, even Iberia takes on a less obvious Spanishry.
ˈSpanishy adj. of a Spanish type or character.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [adjective]
Spanishc1275
Spain1494
Spaniolated1583
Hispanical1584
Spanified1599
Spaniolized1600
Spaniolizing1627
Spanishy1922
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 266 Big Spanishy eyes goggling at nothing.
1957 Amer. Anthropologist 59 818 Spanish-speaking Venezuelans and ‘Spanishy’ local-born people.
1979 B. Malamud Dubin's Lives vii. 228 She's been reading Spanish love poems... Her voice sounds Spanishy.

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Spanish wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Spanish wines > [noun]
Alicantc1500
tent1542
hollock1576
tinto1599
Malaga1608
sherry1608
Peter-see-me1617
arrope1622
steelback1633
Peter1679
mountain wine1700
mountain Malaga1705
mountain1710
benecarlo1734
Pedro Ximenez1801
Algarbe1823
Valdepeñas1832
Rioja1863
Tarragona1888
margarita1903
rosado1956
Albariño1972
Spanish1977
cava1978
Tempranillo1989
1977 F. Branston Up & Coming Man xv. 172 We..broke open a fine crusted bottle of Sainsbury's Spanish which we had been hoarding against the day when we could afford to cook in wine again.
1982 J. N. Chance Hunting of Mr Exe iii. 45 ‘I have a Spanish, highly thought of by those wanting a lot for the money,’ Seth said, and..came back with..a large bottle of Spanish Burgundy.
1983 N. Freeling Back of North Wind 158 Now do you want to drink Spanish, or will you all stick to Monsieur Taittinger?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† spanishv.1

Forms: Also spannish, spanys.
Etymology: < Old French espaniss-, lengthened stem of espanir (modern French épanouir) to expand, spread out.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. Of a flower: To expand or open.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > be a flower or part containing reproductive organ [verb (intransitive)] > open or unfold
spreadc1275
flower13..
unfoldc1350
spanishc1425
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. Prol. 127 I seke the sawowre of that ros That spanysys, spredys, and evyre spryngys In plesans of the Kyng of Kyngis.

Derivatives

† spanished adj. Obsolete
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c1480 (a1400) St. Cecilia 138 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 372 Twa cronis mad wynnly of spanyst rose & quhyt lely.
† †spanishing n. Obsolete
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > opening or expanding
spanishingc1400
c1400 Rom. Rose 3633 I saugh that thurgh the leves grene The rose spredde to spannishyng.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† spanishv.2

Etymology: Spanish n.2
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. ? To mix (brick-earth) with other material.
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1714 London Gaz. No. 5209/4 Together with two Stools of Brick-Earth ready dug and spanished.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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