ALFORJAS, LAS. _Span._ Saddle-bags. Arab. _al khurj_.
ALGIBE. _Span._ A vaulted subterranean cistern for storing water. Arab. _jubb_, a reservoir.
ALGUACIL or ALGUAZIL. _Span._ A constable, or peace-officer. Arab. _al wazir_, the vizier, governor, deputy, or minister.
ALHAJA. _Span._ Any precious article, a jewel. Probably from the Arab, _al-hadja_.
ALHAMA. Stated by Borrow (i. 394) to be a Moorish word, meaning “warm baths.” Apparently the Arab, _al ḥammām_.
ALMOCREVES. _Port._ Muleteers or carriers. A word of Arabic origin, _al mukāri_, like the Spanish _arriero._
ALQUILADOR. _Span. and Port._ A letter on hire of anything, especially of horses. _Alquilar_, in Spanish, signifies to give or lend on hire. _Alquiler_, to take or borrow for reward. The converse, _inquiler_.
AMIGA. _Span._ and _Port._ A mistress, or concubine. Lit. a female friend.
ANCIÑA ANCIÑACO. _Basque_. The ancient of the ancient.
ANISE-BRANDY. _Eng._ A cordial, something like the French _anisette_. The anise (_Pimpinella anisum_) is largely cultivated in Spain, where it is known as _anis_. The seed is dried and exported, the aniseed of the English cake-makers.
AOUD. _Arab._ According to Borrow, a stallion. It is the Moorish ‘_aud_ = horse.
ARCO. _Span._ and _Port._ A bow, an arch.
ARDOA. Guipuzcoan and Biscayan for _arno_,_ arnoa_, wine, the final _a_ being the definite article.
ARMADA. _Span._ and _Port._ A fleet, or navy.
AROMÁLI. _Rom._ Truly. _Arromales_ = _caramba_. J.
ARRIERO. _Span._ Muleteer; one who cries _arrhé_ or _harré_, Arabic “Gee up!” The older form of _Harriero_, given in the Dictionary of the Spanish Academy, more clearly preserves this etymology.
ARROBA. _Span._ and _Port._ A weight equal to about 25 lbs. English. Arab, _ar ruba_‘, a quarter.
ASHOR. _Hebr._ Jewish feast of the tenth (day), ‘_āsor_. It is really the Arabic ‘_ashūrā_.
ATAJO. _Span._ A short cut, material or moral; an expedient of any kind. Lit. a tying; _atar_, to tie.
ATALAYA. _Span._ A watch-tower. Port. _atalaia_. A word of Arabic origin; _aṭ-ṭalí‘ah_, a view.
ATTAR. _Arab._ Essence. More correctly, ‘_aṭar_. Frequently in combination. The Eng. _otto_.
AUSLANDRA. _Milan._ The meaning of this word is given by Borrow himself as “to roam about in a dissipated manner.” It is obviously the Germ. _Ausland_, “a foreign country,” made into an Italian verb. On the authority of the native of Como, whom Borrow met at Cerrig y Drudion, it was considered a vulgar word, even in the _gergo_ of the Milanese, and that it is so may be proved by a reference to Cherubini, _Vocabolario Milanese-Italiano_, s.v. _Slándra_, _Slandrà_.