varan.

/ˈvara/

Forms: Also 1600s varra.

Etymology: < Spanish vara and Portuguese vara rod, yardstick < Latin vāra forked pole, trestle, < Latin vārus bent.

1. A linear measure used in Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America, of varying length in different localities, but usually about 33 inches long; a Spanish yard. Cf. vare n. 1.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > Spanish unit

vare1545

varaa1690

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 115 The 100 Ells of Antwerp make at Cadiz..for Cloth 81 Varras.

1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima i. 39 Quarters, of 150 Varas or Spanish Yards, that is 64 Fathoms square.

1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. (ed. 3) 689 A mass of native iron..about 3¼ varas in length..and..half a vara in thickness.

1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) xviii. 187 The minimum extent is two hundred varas square (a vara is a little less than a yard) of irrigable land.

1889 K. Munroe Golden Days vi. 66 I..was..going him one better every time for a fifty vara lot.

1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xi. 153 In the centre of the walled enclosure was a great plaza or rectangle of open ground some two hundred varas square.

2. Bullfighting. A long spiked lance used by a picador.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > equipment

rejon1692

muleta1791

banderilla1797

media luna1838

puntilla1838

pic1926

vara1932

1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon i. 6 The picador can perform his mission with the spiked pole, or vara.

1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. 83 Trident, vara, and lance.

1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 20 It [sc. tercio] is used both of the entire lidia (‘bull fight’..), which is said to be divided into the tercio of the vara (from the picador's long pole tipped by the pic), of the banderillas; and the faena.

1968 S. Oag In Presence of Death 261 They [sc. the picadors] should give it a minimum of three varas to test the bull's courage, weaken its powerful tossing muscle, the murillo, and lower its head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vara
释义	varan. /ˈvara/ Forms: Also 1600s varra. Etymology: < Spanish vara and Portuguese vara rod, yardstick < Latin vāra forked pole, trestle, < Latin vārus bent. 1. A linear measure used in Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America, of varying length in different localities, but usually about 33 inches long; a Spanish yard. Cf. vare n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > Spanish unit vare1545 varaa1690 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 115 The 100 Ells of Antwerp make at Cadiz..for Cloth 81 Varras. 1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima i. 39 Quarters, of 150 Varas or Spanish Yards, that is 64 Fathoms square. 1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. (ed. 3) 689 A mass of native iron..about 3¼ varas in length..and..half a vara in thickness. 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) xviii. 187 The minimum extent is two hundred varas square (a vara is a little less than a yard) of irrigable land. 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days vi. 66 I..was..going him one better every time for a fifty vara lot. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xi. 153 In the centre of the walled enclosure was a great plaza or rectangle of open ground some two hundred varas square. 2. Bullfighting. A long spiked lance used by a picador. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > equipment rejon1692 muleta1791 banderilla1797 media luna1838 puntilla1838 pic1926 vara1932 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon i. 6 The picador can perform his mission with the spiked pole, or vara. 1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. 83 Trident, vara, and lance. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 20 It [sc. tercio] is used both of the entire lidia (‘bull fight’..), which is said to be divided into the tercio of the vara (from the picador's long pole tipped by the pic), of the banderillas; and the faena. 1968 S. Oag In Presence of Death 261 They [sc. the picadors] should give it a minimum of three varas to test the bull's courage, weaken its powerful tossing muscle, the murillo, and lower its head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1690
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