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1 Spanish
The English adjective is used in a number of combinations to refer to things of Spanish or Mexican origin or associated with Spanish or Mexican culture. Those pertinent to cowboying and ranching are listed below. -
2 Spanish spade bit
See Spanish bit -
3 Spanish bit
A large, sharp bit, which can be harmful to a horse in the hands of an unskilled rider.Also called Spanish spade bit. -
4 Spanish horse
A horse descended from those brought by the Spanish explorers. It could be either a horse with solid, fine breeding (generally a bay or sorrel), or a mustang. -
5 Spanish needle grass
Prairie porcupine grass ( Stipa spartia), not often used as forage because it is sharp and causes discomfort to the cattle. Alternate term: Spanish needle. -
6 Spanish Trail
Any of a number of trade routes in the early days of the Southwest. Clark indicates that the term applied especially to two main roads, one leading from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, and the other going from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Bernadino, California, via Cedar City (Utah) and Las Vegas (Nevada). "Old Spanish Trail" that winds through Tucson and the surrounding area is part of the Santa Fe—Los Angeles route. Such trails would have been known to cowboys, rustlers, and renegades in the Old West. -
7 Spanish cattle
Wild black cattle, generally of Mexican origin. -
8 Spanish fever
Splenic fever, an affliction that affects cattle. Alternate terms: Texas fever, Texas fever tick, Texas tick. -
9 Spanish kidneys
Hendrickson glosses this as a euphemism for a bull's testicles. -
10 Spanish rig
A saddle with a single cinch located at the front of the horse, usually directly beneath the saddlehorn. -
11 Spanish River
Another name for the Green River. -
12 Spanish supper
Carlisle: 1929. According to Watts, the tightening of the belt in the place of eating a meal. -
13 Spanish trot
An easy swinging horse's gait. -
14 (informal) (jugar). (Latin American Spanish)
2 to eat tacos (comer). (Mexican Spanish)3 to clog.Spanish-English dictionary > (informal) (jugar). (Latin American Spanish)
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15 experto en espańol
• Spanish expert• Spanish scholar -
16 Canadian
(Spanish cañada [see above])Carlisle: 1841^2. Glossed by Carlisle as an adjective, meaning of or pertaining to the Canadian River. Its primary meaning 'of or pertaining to Canada,' however, does not derive from Spanish. According to Falconer's Texas Santa Fe Expedition, the Canadian River was not named for the nation of Canada but received its name from its steep riverbanks, which are similar to the sides of a cañada, or ravine. -
17 chinks
(Spanish source uncertain; the original etymon may have been chincaderos [tfi^kaSéros] or chigaderos [tfigaSéros])DARE: 1936. A short variety of chaps that extended only to the knees. Not glossed in Spanish sources.Alternate forms: chigaderos, chinkaderos.Also called armitas. -
18 América Espańola
• Spanish America -
19 Armada Invencible
• Spanish Armada -
20 balada espańola
• Spanish ballad
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