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al of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous." Internat. Cyc.

nch, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ñ; in Portuguese, lh and nh.

affling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious. Heaven's numerous hierarchy span The mystic gulf from God to man. Emerson. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. Hooker.

A smooth-skinned variety of peach. Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; -- also called cocoa plum. it is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba.

A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents.

A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.

A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.

Origin; commencement; source. It hath it original from much grief. Shak. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Addison.

A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.

A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.

A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America.

Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.

. See under Green, n. -- Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.

An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.

The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon. [Obs.]

A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]

A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket.

Packs or bales of Spanish wool.

A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt.

A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.