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

Bogamante, Bogavante. Span. The slang name for a large lobster; orig. the stroke-oar of a galley; bogar = to row, avante = in front.

Bohémien. Fr. A gypsy.

Bolota. Port. (Span. Bellota.) An acorn.

Bolsa. Span. and Port. (1) A purse. (2) The Exchange.

Bombardó. Rom. A lion. Used also of the gulf usually called the Gulf of Lyons, but in French La Golfe du Lion, or “Gulf of the Lion,” from its stormy water. Lyons on the Rhone may have given the English, but certainly not the French, name to the bay. P. ii. 432.

Bonanza. Span. Fair weather. See note, ii. 273.

Bonito. Span. and Port. Pretty.

Borracho. Span. and Port. A drunkard. Borracha is a wine-skin, or leathern bottle. Hence Shakespeare’s Borachio.

Borrico. Span. Dimin. of Burro, an ass.

Bota. Span. A leather wine-bottle or bag; usually made of the skin of a pig for storing purposes, of goatskin for travelling. A glass bottle is called frasco or botella.