The Bible in Spain Volume II Part 22

ANDALOU. _Rom._ An Andalusian.

ANDRe. _Rom._ In. P. ii. 56.

ANISE-BRANDY. _Eng._ A cordial, something like the French _anisette_.

The anise (_Pimpinella anisum_) is largely cultivated in Spain, where it is known as _anis_. The seed is dried and exported, the aniseed of the English cake-makers.

AOUD. _Arab._ According to Borrow, a stallion. It is the Moorish '_aud_ = horse.

AQUEL. _Span._ That.

ARCO. _Span._ and _Port._ A bow, an arch.

ARDOA. Guipuzcoan and Biscayan for _arno_,_ arnoa_, wine, the final _a_ being the definite article.

ARGELINO. _Span._ A native of Algiers.

ARMADA. _Span._ and _Port._ A fleet, or navy.

AROMaLI. _Rom._ Truly. _Arromales_ = _caramba_. J.

ARRIERO. _Span._ Muleteer; one who cries _arrhe_ or _harre_, Arabic "Gee up!" The older form of _Harriero_, given in the Dictionary of the Spanish Academy, more clearly preserves this etymology.

ARROBA. _Span._ and _Port._ A weight equal to about 25 lbs. English.

Arab, _ar ruba_', a quarter.

ARROYO. _Span._ A brook, stream.

ARTESANO. _Span._ Artisan, workman.

ASHOR. _Hebr._ Jewish feast of the tenth (day), '_asor_. It is really the Arabic '_ashura_.

ATAJO. _Span._ A short cut, material or moral; an expedient of any kind. Lit. a tying; _atar_, to tie.

ATALAYA. _Span._ A watch-tower. Port. _atalaia_. A word of Arabic origin; _a?-?ali'ah_, a view.

ATTAR. _Arab._ Essence. More correctly, '_a?ar_. Frequently in combination. The Eng. _otto_.

AUSLANDRA. _Milan._ The meaning of this word is given by Borrow himself as "to roam about in a dissipated manner." It is obviously the Germ.

_Ausland_, "a foreign country," made into an Italian verb. On the authority of the native of Como, whom Borrow met at Cerrig y Drudion, it was considered a vulgar word, even in the _gergo_ of the Milanese, and that it is so may be proved by a reference to Cherubini, _Vocabolario Milanese-Italiano_, s.v. _Slandra_, _Slandra_.

AUTO DA Fe. _Port._ Span. _auto de fe_. Execution of persons condemned by the Inquisition.

AVELLANA. _Span._ A filbert.

AYANA. _Arab._ According to Borrow, a locust. It is not an ordinary Arabic word, possibly of some North African dialect.

AZABACHE. _Span._ Jet. The Arab, _as-sabaj_.

AZABACHERIA. _Span._ Jet-market.

AZINHEIRA. _Port._ The holm-oak.

AZUMBRE. _Span._ A measure for liquids, the eighth of an _arroba_, equal to about half a gallon. From the Arab. _ath-thumn_ = the eighth.

BAB. _Arab._ Gate. _Bab del Faz_, gate of Fez.

BACALHO. _Port._ (In _Span._ BACALLAO or ABADEJO). Salt cod, commonly imported from the Newfoundland coast.

BAHAR. _Arab._ Sea.

BAHI or BAJI. _Rom._ Fortune. _Penar baji_, _decir la buena ventura_, to tell fortunes. According to Borrow, the Sanscrit and Persian _ba?kt_.

BAKH, BOK. _Rom._ Luck. _Kos...o...b..kh_, "Good luck to you!" P. ii. 398; A. 47; M. vii. 14.

BALAD. _Arab._ Land. Also _beled_.

BALICHo. _Rom._ A hog. P. ii. 420; A. 54; M. vii. 15.

BAR. _Aram._ Son.

BAR. _Rom._ A stone. P. ii. 409; M. vii. 16.

BAR LACHi. _Rom._ The loadstone; a gypsy charm or talisman. Lit. "the good stone." See LACHo.

BARIA. _Rom._ Used by Borrow in ch. x., and given in Z. ii. 147, as _Germania_, or thieves' slang, for a gold _onza_ (q.v.). Cf. _varia_ = weight. A. 12. It is also the plural of _bar_, used by English gypsies for a sovereign. The correct Gitano for _onza_ is _jara_.

BARIBu, BARIBUTRE, BARIBUSTRE. _Rom._ Plenty, much. P. ii. 400; M.

vii. 17.

BARO. _Rom._ Great. _Len Baro_ = the great river, the Guadalquivir.

_Hokkano Baro_ = the great trick. See HOK. P. ii. 411; A. 59; M. vii.

17.

BARRA. _Arab._ Outside; out of the town. See SOC.

BARRAGANERIA. _Span._ Concubinage. See note, i. 157.

BARRANCO, BARRANCA. _Span._ A fissure in a hill, a deep cleft, made by the action of water; a precipice.

BARRETE. _Span._ A helmet, cap.

BARRIO. _Span._ One of the quarters or districts into which a large town is divided. Fr. _quartier_.

BATU, BATO. _Rom._ Father. Perhaps from the Russ. _batuschca_, q.v.

In thieves' slang, a prison governor or jailer. P. ii. 430; F. 145; G.

i. 61; J.