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Webster 1913 Edition
Spanish
Span′ish
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish bayonet
(Bot.)
, a liliaceous plant (
– Yucca alorifolia
) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers
. Spanish bean
(Bot.)
See the Note under
– Bean
. Spanish black
, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
Ure.
– Spanish broom
(Bot.)
, a leguminous shrub (
– Spartium junceum
) having many green flexible rushlike twigs. Spanish brown
, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.
– Spanish buckeye
(Bot.)
, a small tree (
– Ungnadia speciosa
) of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. Spanish burton
(Naut.)
, a purchase composed of two single blocks. A
double Spanish burton
has one double and two single blocks. Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
– Spanish chalk
(Min.)
, a kind of steatite; – so called because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
– Spanish cress
(Bot.)
, a cruciferous plant (
– Lepidium Cadamines
), a species of peppergrass. Spanish curlew
(Zool.)
, the long-billed curlew.
[U.S.]
– Spanish daggers
(Bot.)
See
– Spanish bayonet
. Spanish elm
(Bot.)
, a large West Indian tree (
– Cordia Gerascanthus
) furnishing hard and useful timber. Spanish feretto
, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
– Spanish flag
(Zool.)
, the California rockfish (
– Sebastichthys rubrivinctus
). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red and white. Spanish fly
(Zool.)
, a brilliant green beetle, common in the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
– Blister beetle
under Blister
, and Cantharis
. Spanish fox
(Naut.)
, a yarn twisted against its lay.
– Spanish grass
. (Bot.)
See
– Esparto
. Spanish juice
(Bot.)
, licorice.
– Spanish leather
. See
– Cordwain
. Spanish mackerel
. (Zool.)
(a)
A species of mackerel (
Scomber colias
) found both in Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel
, big-eyed mackerel
, and bull mackerel
. (b)
In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots (
– Scomberomorus maculatus
), highly esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under Mackerel. Spanish main
, the name formerly given to the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World.
– Spanish moss
. (Bot.)
See
– Tillandsia
(and note at that entry). Spanish needles
(Bot.)
, a composite weed (
– Bidens bipinnata
) having achenia armed with needlelike awns. Spanish nut
(Bot.)
, a bulbous plant (
– Iris Sisyrinchium
) of the south of Europe. Spanish potato
(Bot.)
, the sweet potato. See under
– Potato
. Spanish red
, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer.
Fairholt.
– Spanish reef
(Naut.)
, a knot tied in the head of a jib-headed sail.
– Spanish sheep
(Zool.)
, a merino.
– Spanish white
, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, – used as a white pigment.
– Spanish windlass
(Naut.)
, a wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to serve as a lever.
Span′ish
,Noun.
The language of Spain.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spanish
SPAN'ISH
,Adj.
SPAN'ISH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Spanish
Spanish
See also: spanish
English
Adjective
Spanish (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Spain.
- 2005, J. P. Sullivan, Martial, the unexpected classic, page 1
- Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later […]
- 2005, J. P. Sullivan, Martial, the unexpected classic, page 1
- Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.
- 1996, Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works, page 42
- Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.
- 2007, Lynette Rohrer Shirk, The Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook, chapter 1
- Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.
- 1996, Oscar Zeta Acosta, "From Whence I Came", Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works, page 42
- Of or pertaining to the Spanish language.
- 1918, Julián Moreno-Lacalle, Elements of Spanish Pronunciation, page 12
- Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o].
- 1918, Julián Moreno-Lacalle, Elements of Spanish Pronunciation, page 12
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Spanish.
Derived terms
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Translations
of or pertaining to Spain
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of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain
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of or pertaining to the Spanish language
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Proper noun
Spanish
- A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.
- 1873, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, page 163'
- "If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain."
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 48
- Therefore in Novial, as well as in Esp-Ido, we simplify the spelling in all words containing double letters in the national languages, from which the words are taken: pasa (E pass, F passer), efekte, komun (F commun, E common), etc. In this we follow the beautiful example of Spanish, which writes pasar, efecto, común, etc., and even extend it to cases in which Spanish makes a distinction in sound and spelling, as with ll and rr: bel S bello, F belle, koresponda, S corresponder, etc.
- 1995, Hanna Pishwa & Karl Maroldt (editors), The Development of Morphological Systematicity, page 146
- In contrast with the creole languages discussed above, the article systems of Rumanian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese are more complex, since neutralization fails to occur to a large extent.
- 1873, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy, page 163'
- A town in Ontario, Canada
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Spanish.
Synonyms
- (language): Castilian
Derived terms
Translations
Romance language of Spain and the Americas
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See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Spanish terms
- Appendix:Spanish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Spanish
Noun
Spanish pl (plural only)
- (collective plural) People of Spain, collectively.
- 1976, Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco, page 62
- The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets.
- 1976, Robert Rézette, The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco, page 62
- (US, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin.
- 1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American, page 87
- Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos).
- 1970, Henry Sioux Johnson, William J. Hernández-Martinez, Educating the Mexican American, page 87
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Spanish.
Synonyms
Translations
people of Spain, collectively
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spanish
spanish
See also: Spanish
English
Verb
spanish (third-person singular simple present spanishes, present participle spanishing, simple past and past participle spanished)
- (printing) To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is deposited on the bottoms and sides of depressions formed in a plastic material