Part 20 (1/2)

IV. GLOSSARY.

ANAHUAC. _Aztec_. ”By the water-side.”

The name at first applied to the Valley of Mexico, from the situation of the towns on the banks of the lakes; afterwards used to denote a great part of the present Republic of Mexico.

ACOCOTE (_Aztec_, acocotl, water-throat), aloe-sucker's gourd; _see p._ 91.

ADOBE, a mud-brick, baked in the sun.

(Perhaps a _Moorish-Spanish_ word.

_Ancient Egyptian_, tobe, a mud-brick; _Arabic_, toob, p.r.o.nounced with the article _at-toob_, whence adobe?)

AGUAMIEL (honey-water), unfermented aloe-juice.

AGUARDIENTE (burning-water), ardent spirits.

AHUEHUETE (_Aztec_, ahuehuetl), the deciduous cypress.

ALAMEDA (poplar-avenue), public promenade; _see p._ 57.

ALCALDE, a magistrate (_Moorish-Spanish_, al cadi, ”the cadi”).

ANQUERA (hauncher), covering for horses' haunches; _see p._ 164 (_and cut, p._ 260).

ARRIERO, a muleteer.

ARROYO, a rivulet, mountain-torrent.

ATAMBOB, a drum.

ATOLE (_Aztec_, atolli), porridge.

AVERSADA, a freshet.

BARATILLO, a Rag-fair, market of odds and ends; _see p._ 169.

BARBACOA, whence English ”barbecue;” _see p._ 95; a native Haitian word.

BARRANCCA, a ravine.

CALZONCILLOS, drawers.

CAPA, a cloak.

CAYO, a coral-reef.

CHAPARREROS, over-trousers of goatskin with the hair on, used in riding.

CHINAMPA (_Aztec_, ”a place fenced in),” a Mexican ”floating garden;”

_see p._ 62.