Spanish \Span"ish\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
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   Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca
      alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
      also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
      United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
      

   Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.

   Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
      --Ure.

   Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium
      junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.

   Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
      a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
      sesquioxide of iron.

   Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
      of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
      having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.

   Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
      blocks. A

   double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks.
      --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).

   Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
      because obtained from Aragon in Spain.

   Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Lepidium
      Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.

   Spanish curlew (Zool.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]

   Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

   Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia
      Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.

   Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
      calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
      

   Spanish flag (Zool.), the California rockfish
      (Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
      colored with bands of red and white.

   Spanish fly (Zool.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
      the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
      Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.

   Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.

   Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.

   Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.

   Spanish leather. See Cordwain.

   Spanish mackerel. (Zool.)
   (a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
       Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
       big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
   (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
       yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
       esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
       erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
       Mackerel.

   Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
      portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
      coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
      ships from the New to the Old World.

   Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia (and note at that
      entry).

   Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens
      bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.

   Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
      of the south of Europe.

   Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
      Potato.

   Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
      red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.

   Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
      jib-headed sail.

   Spanish sheep (Zool.), a merino.

   Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
      pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
      pigment.

   Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
      wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
      serve as a lever.
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Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL.
   macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in
   allusion to the markings on the fish. See Mail armor.]
   (Zool.)
   Any species of the genus Scomber of the family
   Scombridae, and of several related genera. They are finely
   formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are
   highly prized for food.
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   Note: The common mackerel (Scomber scombrus), which
         inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of
         the most important food fishes. It is mottled with
         green and blue. The Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus
         maculatus), of the American coast, is covered with
         bright yellow circular spots.
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   Bull mackerel, Chub mackerel. (Zool.) See under Chub.
      

   Frigate mackerel. See under Frigate.

   Horse mackerel . See under Horse.

   Mackerel bird (Zool.), the wryneck; -- so called because it
      arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in
      season.

   Mackerel cock (Zool.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called
      because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the
      east coast of Ireland.

   Mackerel guide. (Zool.) See Garfish
   (a) .

   Mackerel gull (Zool.) any one of several species of gull
      which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.

   Mackerel midge (Zool.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of
      the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long
      and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now
      considered the young of the genus Onos, or Motella.

   Mackerel plow, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean
      mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight.

   Mackerel shark (Zool.), the porbeagle.

   Mackerel sky, or Mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with
      small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See Cloud.
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            Mackerel sky and mare's-tails
            Make tall ships carry low sails.      --Old Rhyme.
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Bull \Bull\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;
   fierce.
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   Bull bat (Zool.), the night hawk; -- so called from the
      loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the
      evening.

   Bull calf.
   (a) A stupid fellow.

   Bull mackerel (Zool.), the chub mackerel.

   Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,
      in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.

   Bull snake (Zool.), the pine snake of the United States.

   Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag.

   Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for
      lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,
      etc.
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Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick
   fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.
   F. chabot chub.] (Zool.)
   A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] or Carp
   family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus;
   the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes
   of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius,
   Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different
   fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
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   Chub mackerel (Zool.), a species of mackerel (Scomber
      colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic
      coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull
      mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.

   Chub sucker (Zool.), a fresh-water fish of the United
      States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.
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