CORTES. _Span._ and _Port._ The estates of the realm, parliament. CORTIJO. _Span._ Farmhouse. COSAS. _Span._ Things. “_Cosas de España_,” “_Cosas de Inglaterra_,” “_Cosas de los Ingleses_.” Colloquially equivalent to our, “How Spanish!” “Quite English!” CRALLIS. _Rom._ King. The Slavonian _kral_. P. ii. 123; Pp. 296; M. vii. 87. CREER. _Span._ To believe. _Yo lo creo_, “I believe you, my boy!” “You bet!” CRIA. _Span._ and _Port._ A brood. CRISCOTE. _Rom._ A book. See GABICOTE. CRISTIANO. _Span._ Christian. Used in Spain for the Spanish language. CRISTINO. _Span._ A partisan of Queen Christina. CRUZ. _Span._ and _Port._ A cross; also the withers of a horse or mule. CRUZADO. _Span._ and _Port._ A coin worth about six shillings. See Burke’s _Hist. of Spain_, ii. 286. CUADRILLA. _Span._ A band. CUARTO. _Span._ A copper coin of the value of four maravedis, or about one English farthing. Lit. the fourth part of anything. CUENTA. _Span._ Bill, reckoning. CUESTA. _Span._ A hill, or mount. CUIDADO. _Span._ and _Port._ Care, anxiety. The Andalusians and Gitanos say _cuidao_. CUL. _Arab._ Every, all. CURA. _Span._ and _Port._ Parish priest. Fr. _curé_; _not_ a “curate.” The writer usually known as _El Cura de Fruime_ (i. 401) was D. Diego Antonio Zernadas de Castro, born at Santiago in 1698. He wrote various works in verse and prose, a complete edition of which, in seven volumes, was published by Ibarra (Madrid, 1778–81), and was followed by another, in three volumes, in 1783–9–90. A biography of the author, by D. Fernando Fulgosio, appeared in the _Revista de España_, _tomos_ 27, 28 (1872). There was another _Cura de Fruime_, D. Antonio Francisco de Castro, who was also a poet, and who died in 1836. CURELAR. _Rom._ To do business. P. ii. 111; Pp. 281; M. vii. 88. CURELÓ. _Rom._ Trouble, pain. P. ii. 115. See CURELAR. CURIOSO. _Span._ and _Port._ Inquiring, curious. * * * * * DADAS. _Span._ and _Port._ Given. From _dar_. DAI. _Rom._ Mother. P. ii. 309; Pp. 194; M. vii. 40. DAOUD. _Arab._ Light. Arab. _ḍau_. _Daoud Scharr_ = _ḍau ash-sharr_, light of mischief. DAR. _Arab._ A house; often found in composition as _Dar-sinah_, _Dar ṣinā_‘_ah_ (ii. 367), the house of the arts, or handicrafts; _Dar-dwag_, _Dar dabbagh_ (ii. 371), the house of the bark, or tannery. DEHESA. _Span._ Pasture; applied more particularly to large open tracts of country where the cattle can roam at large. DEMONIO. _Span._ and _Port._ Demon, devil. DENHO. _Gal._ The devil; used familiarly, “the deuce.” DESEMBARCAR. _Span._ and _Port._ To disembark. DESESPERADO. _Span._ and _Port._ Desperate; a desperado. DESHONESTO. _Span._ and _Port._ Not “dishonest,” but “immodest, lascivious.” DESPACHO. _Span._ An office; a _depôt_. Used also of certain shops, such as the bakers, tobacco-sellers, and others.