AVELLANA. _Span._ A filbert. AYANA. _Arab._ According to Borrow, a locust. It is not an ordinary Arabic word, possibly of some North African dialect. AZABACHE. _Span._ Jet. The Arab, _as-sabaj_. AZABACHERIA. _Span._ Jet-market. AZINHEIRA. _Port._ The holm-oak. AZUMBRE. _Span._ A measure for liquids, the eighth of an _arroba_, equal to about half a gallon. From the Arab. _ath-thumn_ = the eighth. * * * * * BAB. _Arab._ Gate. _Bab del Faz_, gate of Fez. BACALHÃO. _Port._ (In _Span._ BACALLAO or ABADEJO). Salt cod, commonly imported from the Newfoundland coast. BAHAR. _Arab._ Sea. BAHI or BAJI. _Rom._ Fortune. _Penar baji_, _decir la buena ventura_, to tell fortunes. According to Borrow, the Sanscrit and Persian _baḥkt_. BAKH, BOK. _Rom._ Luck. _Kosko bakh_, “Good luck to you!” P. ii. 398; A. 47; M. vii. 14. BALAD. _Arab._ Land. Also _beled_. BALICHÓ. _Rom._ A hog. P. ii. 420; A. 54; M. vii. 15. BAR. _Aram._ Son. BAR. _Rom._ A stone. P. ii. 409; M. vii. 16. BAR LACHÍ. _Rom._ The loadstone; a gypsy charm or talisman. Lit. “the good stone.” See LACHÓ. BARIA. _Rom._ Used by Borrow in ch. x., and given in Z. ii. 147, as _Germanía_, or thieves’ slang, for a gold _onza_ (q.v.). Cf. _varia_ = weight. A. 12. It is also the plural of _bar_, used by English gypsies for a sovereign. The correct Gitano for _onza_ is _jara_. BARIBÚ, BARIBUTRE, BARIBUSTRE. _Rom._ Plenty, much. P. ii. 400; M. vii. 17. BARO. _Rom._ Great. _Len Baro_ = the great river, the Guadalquivir. _Hokkano Baro_ = the great trick. See HOK. P. ii. 411; A. 59; M. vii. 17. BARRA. _Arab._ Outside; out of the town. See SOC. BARRAGANERIA. _Span._ Concubinage. See note, i. 157. BARRANCO, BARRANCA. _Span._ A fissure in a hill, a deep cleft, made by the action of water; a precipice. BARRETE. _Span._ A helmet, cap. BARRIO. _Span._ One of the quarters or districts into which a large town is divided. Fr. _quartier_. BATU, BATO. _Rom._ Father. Perhaps from the Russ. _batuschca_, q.v. In thieves’ slang, a prison governor or jailer. P. ii. 430; F. 145; G. i. 61; J. BATUSCHCA, BATUSHKA. _Russ._ Little father. A term of endearment or familiar address, something like the Span. _tio_, uncle. BEBER. _Span._ and _Port._ To drink. BECORESH. _Hebr._ I.e. _Epikores_ = Epicurus, selected by Jewish writers as a type of insolent atheism. BEDEYA. _Arab._ An open waistcoat. More correctly, _bad‘iyya_. BELAD. _Hebr._ In the power of. BELED. _Arab._ Country. Also _balad_. BELLOTA. _Span._ An acorn. The Portuguese _bolota_; Arab, _balūt_. BEN, plur. BENI. _Hebr._ and _Arab._ Son. BENDITO. _Span._ and _Port._ Blessed, praised. BENG, BENGUE, BENGUI. _Rom._ The devil; also any demon, or evil spirit. P. ii. 407; M. vii. 19. As to the meaning, frog or toad, see G. i. 118. BERAKA. _Hebr._ A blessing.