GLOSSARY.

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  • Á boca de jarro—At short range.
  • AbolÁga—Spanish gorse.
  • Aficionado—An amateur, enthusiast.
  • Alcornoque—Cork-oak.
  • Alforjas—Holsters, saddle-bags.
  • Almuerzo—Breakfast, tiffin.
  • Alparagatas—Hempen-soled sandals.
  • Anafe—A charcoal cooking-stove.
  • ArenÁl—Sand-waste, desert.
  • Armajo—Samphire.
  • Arramago—Charlock.
  • Arroyo—Stream, watercourse.
  • Bandada—A flock, or pack.
  • Bandolerismo—Brigandage.
  • Barbon, barbudo—Bearded.
  • Barranco—A low cliff.
  • Barrio—Quarter of a town, suburb.
  • Batida—A beat, or drive for game.
  • Bebidero—A drinking-place.
  • Boracha—A wine-skin.
  • Borrico—A donkey.
  • BusnÉ—A gentile—i.e., not a gypsy.
  • Cabestro, or cabreste—Decoy, stalking horse.
  • Cama—Bed, lair of wild beast.
  • Camino—Road.
  • Campo, campiÑa—Country, cultivated land.
  • Cancho—Crag, precipice.
  • CÁntaro—Water-jar.
  • Carabinero—Carbineer, exciseman.
  • Carbonero—Charcoal-burner.
  • Casuela—Stewing-pan, also the stew.
  • Catre—Tressle-bed, camp-bed.
  • Cazador—Shooter, sportsman.
  • Caza mayormenor—Large, and small game.
  • CÉdula de vecindad—Certificate of identity.
  • Cencerro—Cattle-bell.
  • Cerrones—Panniers, mule-packs.
  • Chambonada—Bungle.
  • ChapÁrro—An evergreen oak.
  • Choza—Peasant's cot or hut.
  • Cicada—Cricket.
  • Cochino—Pig.
  • Contrabandista—Smuggler.
  • Corral—enclosure; belt of forest or jungle.
  • Coto—Game-preserve.
  • Cuadrilla—Troop, gang.
  • Dehesa—Grazing ground, sheep-walk.
  • Despoblado—Desert, waste.
  • Dicho—Declaration, troth.
  • Dormidero—Sleeping-place.
  • Echando la rueda—"Making a wheel"—i.e., describing a circle.
  • Encierro—Driving in bulls to the ring.
  • Entrada—Entry, immigration.
  • Era—Threshing-ground.
  • Errate—"Black blood" (gypsy).
  • Escopeta—Musket, gun.
  • Espada—Sword; a matador.
  • Falucha—Felucca-rigged boat.
  • Faja—Waistband.
  • Fango—Mud.
  • Funda—Saddle-sling for gun.
  • Garganta—Mountain-gully.
  • Garrocha—Long wooden lance.
  • Gazpacho—A dish of bread, vegetables, oil, vinegar, &c., a salad.
  • Guiso—Stew.
  • Huerta—Orchard, garden.
  • Jaca—Riding horse, pony.
  • Junco, juncale—Reed, reed-bed.
  • Ladron en grande—Robber on a large scale.
  • Lancha—Small boat, punt.
  • Lidia, lidiador—Fight, fighter (of bulls).
  • Macho—Male.
  • Majo—Dandy, gallant.
  • MalagueÑa—Couplet, topical song.
  • Mancha—Thicket, jungle.
  • Manchon—Fallow.
  • Mano negra—"Black Hand," a secret society.
  • Manta—Cloak, saddle-rug.
  • Marisma—Marsh land.
  • Monteria—Mountain-shooting campaign.
  • Mosca—Fly.
  • Nata—Cream.
  • Navaja—Clasp-knife.
  • Novio-a—Sweetheart.
  • OjÉo—Drive (for game).
  • OlivÁr—Olive-grove.
  • Olla—Earthen cooking-pot, stew.
  • PajarÁco—Large bird, vulture.
  • PajarÉra—Breeding-place of birds.
  • Parador—Inn, resting-place.
  • Patero—Duck-shooter.
  • Patio—Courtyard of house.
  • Pinal—Pine forest.
  • Piorno—A species of broom.
  • Podenco—Hunting-dog (of lurcher type).
  • Poniente—West wind.
  • Posada—Village inn, lodging-house.
  • Puchero—Earthen pan for cooking.
  • Pueblocito—Village, hamlet.
  • Puesto—Post, ambush.
  • Querencia—Haunt.
  • Rastro—Trail, spoor.
  • Reclamo—Decoy, call-bird.
  • Retamo—A species of broom.
  • Rincon—Corner.
  • RodÉo—"Rounding-up" of cattle.
  • SartÉn—Frying-pan.
  • Sequestrador—Bandit who holds to ransom.
  • Serrano—Mountaineer.
  • SuertÉ—(1) Luck; (2) the modes of attack or "passes" in the bull-fight.
  • Tentadero—Trial (of young bulls).
  • Tirador—Gunner.
  • TorÉo—Art of bull-fighting.
  • Toril—Lair of bull, adjoining bull-ring.
  • Toro bravo—Fighting bull.
  • Tunante—Cunning rogue.
  • Vega—Open plain.
  • Venta—Wine-shop.
  • Vereda—Bridle-path.
  • Zincali—Gypsy.

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