ACOCOTE (_Aztec_, acocotl, water-throat), aloe-sucker’s gourd; _see p._ 91. ADOBE, a mud-brick, baked in the sun. (Perhaps a _Moorish-Spanish_ word. _Ancient Egyptian_, tobe, a mud-brick; _Arabic_, toob, pronounced with the article _at-toob_, whence adobe?) AGUAMIEL (honey-water), unfermented aloe-juice. AGUARDIENTE (burning-water), ardent spirits. AHUEHUETE (_Aztec_, ahuehuetl), the deciduous cypress. ALAMEDA (poplar-avenue), public promenade; _see p._ 57. ALCALDE, a magistrate (_Moorish-Spanish_, al cadi, “the cadi”). ANQUERA (hauncher), covering for horses’ haunches; _see p._ 164 (_and cut, p._ 260). ARRIERO, a muleteer. ARROYO, a rivulet, mountain-torrent. ATAMBOB, a drum. ATOLE (_Aztec_, atolli), porridge. AVERSADA, a freshet. BARATILLO, a Rag-fair, market of odds and ends; _see p._ 169. BARBACOA, whence English “barbecue;” _see p._ 95; a native Haitian word. BARRANCCA, a ravine. CALZONCILLOS, drawers. CAPA, a cloak. CAYO, a coral-reef. CHAPARREROS, over-trousers of goatskin with the hair on, used in riding. CHINAMPA (_Aztec_, “a place fenced in),” a Mexican “floating garden;” _see p._ 62. CHINGUERITO, Indian-corn brandy. CHIPI-CHIPI (_Aztec_, chipini, drizzling rain); _see p._ 26. CHUPA-MIRTO (myrtle-sucker), a humming-bird. COLEAR, to throw a bull over by the tail (cola); _see p._ 71. COMPADRE. COMADRE; _French_, compère, commère; _see p._ 250. CORRAL, an enclosure for cattle. COSTAL, a bag, or sack. COYOTE (_Aztec_, coyotl), a jackal. CUARTA, a leather horse-whip; _see_ p. 264. CUARTEL, a barrack. CUCARACHA, a cockroach. CUCHILLO, a knife. CURA, a parish-priest. DESAGUE, a draining-cut. DESAYUNO, breakfast. EMANCIPADO (emancipated negro); see p. 6. ESCOPETA, a musket. ESCRIBANO, a scribe or secretary. FANDANGO, a dance. FIESTA, a church-festival. FRIJOLES, beans. FUERO, a legal privilege; _see pp._ 19, 249. GACHUPIN, a native of Spain. Supposed to be an Aztec epithet, _cac-chopina_, that is, “prickly shoes,” applied to the Spanish conquerors from their wearing spurs, which to the Indians were strange and incomprehensible appendages. GARROTE, an instrument for strangling criminals. GENTE DE RAZÓN (reasonable people), white men and half-breed Mexicans, but not Indians;_ see p._ 61. GUAJALOTE (Aztec, huexolotl), a turkey: _see p._ 228. GULCHE, a ravine. HACENDADO, a planter, landed proprietor, from HACIENDA (literally “doing,” from _hacer_, or _facer_, to do). An estate, establishment, &c. HACIENDA DE BENEFICIO, an establishment for “benefiting” silver, i.e., for extracting it from the ore. HONDA, a sling. HORNITOS (little ovens), the small cones near the volcano of Jorullo, which formerly emitted steam; see p. 92. HULE (_Aztec, _ ulli. India-rubber?) a waterproof coat. ICHTL (_Aztec, _ thread), thread or string of aloe-fibre. ITZTLI (Aztec), obsidian; _see_ p. 100. LAZADOR, one who throws the lazo. LAZO. a running noose. LEPERO, lazzarone, or prolétaire; _see p._ 251.