The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2] / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

by George Borrow

Espingarda. Span. and Port. A musket.

Espinheiro. Port. A thorn-tree.

Estadea. Port. Estadaiña. Gal. Dimin. Estadinha. (1) A skeleton, or death’s-head; a nocturnal procession of the spirits of the dead. (2) A witches’ “sabbath;” for which last the Galician compaña is also used.

Estalagem. Port. An inn.

Estar. Span. and Port. To be.

Estaripel. Rom. A prison. P. ii. 246; Pp. 146. SC. 141.

Estrangero. Span. Strange, foreign.

Estremou. Rom. Estremeño. Span. An inhabitant of the province of Estremadura.

Euscarra. Basque. Used by Borrow (ch. xxxvii.) for the Basque name of their own tongue; more commonly, Escualdun, Escualdunac; a word in any case of very uncertain origin. See Burke’s Hist. of Spain, vol. i. App. I., The Basques.

Exemplo. Span. and Port. Example, pattern. Por exemplo, for instance.