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pain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.

A Spanish diversion on horseback.

Meliacæ) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.

A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

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.

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.

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.

. 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.