SABIO. _Span._ and _Port._ Learned. King Alfonso X. was surnamed _El Sabio_, which is sometimes erroneously rendered “The Wise.” _Sabio_ is, rather, “erudite;” and the king was undoubtedly the most learned man of his time, though his government was not always by any means wise. SACRO. _Span._ and _Port._ Sacred. SAFACORO. _Rom._ The city of Seville. P. ii. 248. J. gives _Sevillano_ = _Safacorano_. SAGADUA, SAGARDUA. _Basque_. Cider; _i.e._ the strong or Spanish cider, called in French Basque _charnoa_ or _sharnoa_, as distinguished from the weak cider which is made from apples rotted in water. A probable etymology is _sagar_ = apple; _arno_ = wine. SAGRA. _Span._ The name of certain districts in Spain, especially of one lying north of Toledo. The word is probably derived from the Arab _ṣaḥra_ = a plain. See note, i. 257. SALAMANQUESA. _Span._ A salamander, or, star-lizard; otherwise called _salamandra_. SANDIA. _Span._ A water-melon. SANTIGUO. _Span._ The action of crossing one’s self. _Santiguar_ is “to make the sign of the cross.” SANTO. _Span._ and _Port._ Sainted, holy. _La Santa Casa_, the Inquisition. SANTON. _Span._ A great saint; more especially applied to Moslem recluses. Also, a hypocrite. SANTURRON. _Span._ A great saint; usually, a great hypocrite. SARDINHA. _Port._ and _Gal._ A sardine. Borrow’s friends, _la gente rufianesca_, have a quaint name for a galley-slave, _apaleador de sardinas_, a sardine-beater. H. 155. SBA. _Arab._ Morning. More correctly, _ṣabāḥ_. SCHARKI. _Arab._ The East. SCHARR. See DAOUD. SCHOPHON. _Heb._ _Shâphân_ (שׁפן) A quadruped which chews the cud like a hare (Lev. xi. 5; Deut. xiv. 7); which lives gregariously on rocks, and is remarkable for its cunning (Ps. civ. 18; Prov. xxx. 26). The Rabbins render _coney_, or _rabbit_; more correctly the LXX. in three places χοιρογρύλλιος, _i.e._ an animal resembling the _marmot_. SÉ. _Span._ I know; from _saber_. SEA. _Span._ May he be; from _ser_. SECO. _Span._ and _Port._ Dry. See ii. 82. SECRETARIO. _Span._ and _Port._ Secretary. SEGUN. _Span._ According to. SEGUNDO. _Span._ and _Port._ Second. SENHOR, SENHORA. _Port._ SEÑOR, SEÑORA. _Span._ Gentleman, lady. SEÑORITO, SEÑORITA. _Span._ Dimin. of the above. SEO. _Span._ A cathedral church. SEREKA. _Arab._ A theft. More correctly, _sarika_. SERRA. _Port._ A high range of mountains; the Spanish sierra.