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

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.