ALGUACIL or ALGUAZIL. _Span._ A constable, or peace-officer. Arab. _al wazir_, the vizier, governor, deputy, or minister. ALHAJA. _Span._ Any precious article, a jewel. Probably from the Arab, _al-hadja_. ALHAMA. Stated by Borrow (i. 394) to be a Moorish word, meaning “warm baths.” Apparently the Arab, _al ḥammām_. ALKHEIR. _Arab._ Of good. ALMA. _Span._ and _Port._ Soul. ALMOCREVES. _Port._ Muleteers or carriers. A word of Arabic origin, _al mukāri_, like the Spanish _arriero._ ALQUILADOR. _Span. and Port._ A letter on hire of anything, especially of horses. _Alquilar_, in Spanish, signifies to give or lend on hire. _Alquiler_, to take or borrow for reward. The converse, _inquiler_. ALTO. _Span._ and _Port._ High. AMIGA. _Span._ and _Port._ A mistress, or concubine. Lit. a female friend. AMIGO. _Span._ and _Port._ A friend. ANCIÑA ANCIÑACO. _Basque_. The ancient of the ancient. ANDALOU. _Rom._ An Andalusian. ANDRÉ. _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. AROMÁLI. _Rom._ Truly. _Arromales_ = _caramba_. J. ARRIERO. _Span._ Muleteer; one who cries _arrhé_ or _harré_, 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), ‘_āsor_. It is really the Arabic ‘_ashūrā_. 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; _aṭ-ṭalí‘ah_, a view. ATTAR. _Arab._ Essence. More correctly, ‘_aṭar_. 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. _Slándra_, _Slandrà_. AUTO DA FÉ. _Port._ Span. _auto de fé_. Execution of persons condemned by the Inquisition.