| A alcaide - warden alfange - cutlass alferez - ensign, modern lieutenant almirez con su mano - brass mortor with its base anacotima - Timucuan - second counselor below iniha armero - armorer arquebus - portable firearm having a matchlock arroba - 25.4 to 101 pounds or 3.3 to 4.3 gallons probably 25 lbs in Florida atambores - drummers atequi - interpreter ayudantes - adjutants azador - iron spit azotea - flat slab roof B baras - yard barbacoas - beds and seats for the ciciques barbero - barber baul - trunk bestido - suit (clothes) biscocho - hardtack bocasi - stiff, colored linen boticario - apothecary botija perulera - arroba size jar 12-16 liters commonly used for wine botijuela - 1/2 arroba size jar six-eight liters commonly used for olive oil botijuelas de manteca - jars of lard botones de zerda - horse-hair buttons braza - fathom buhio - Timucuan/Arawak - community house C cabos - officers in charge caballeria - town lot land grant of 100 by 200 Spanish feet with additional lands for farming and grazing. cabos de escuadra - corporals squad leaders cacas - game cacica - Timucuan - chief cacicado - Timucuan - chiefdom cadalecho - continuous bunk, made of tree branches, along the inner walls of Indian lodges calcetas - leggings calcon - trousers calcones - underdrawers cancamo de timon - rudder mount candil de garabatto - kitchen oil lamp capellan de la fuerza - fort's chaplain capitan de armas - captain of the arms capitan de mar y guerra - infantry officer in command of a ship (but under a navel officer) capote - cloak capote de pano - a cloth cloak carretaro - cartwright carretas - long, narrow, hauling wagons casa capitular - chapter house - Franciscan convent of St. Augustine casa de comunidad - community house cassine - Timucuan - herbal drink catre de dormir - cot for sleeping caxa - coffer caxoncillo - a small chest chicubite - Apalachee word for container chinos - mixed bloods cocina - kitchen colcha - quilt colchones - mattresses cintillo de oro - gold band cirujano - surgeon contador - accountant cordobanes - leather crea - type of linen criollo - person of Spanish descent born in the new world. cuerpo de guardia principal - main guardhouse cura y vicario de la parroquia - parish priest D daga - dagger ducado - 11 reales or 374 maravedis E entretenidos - retainer, gentlemen volunteer escrapines - slippers escribano de raciones y municiones - rations and munitions notary escribano publico y de gobernacion - public and governmental notary escudillas coloradas - red bowls executaria - writ F fanegas - measurement - a little greater than 1/2 a bushel ferreruelo - short cloak frecadas mestizas - mestizo blankets frascos - powder-flasks frasquera - fire case fundas - pillow cases funda de brin - canvas pillow case futura - right of succession G galliot - small galley using both sails and oars garita - granary glacis - exterior embankment of the fort gobernador y capitan general - governor and captain general guano - palm thatch; bird droppings. H hacienda - property harina - flour hasomi - Timucuan - lineage honoso nayo - Timucuan - lineage of the White Deer hospitalero - hospital steward I iniha - Timucuan - commander, chief counselor J jacal - Indian lodge. jergueta - rough course fabric jineta - spontoon - symbol of rank for foot captains jubon - jacket L lanpote - cotton oriental cloth libranzas - warrants liensecillo - linen cloth loggia - a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side M Maestre de campo - equivalent to colonel maestro mayor de herreria - master blacksmith majolica - a Spanish tableware mandador de los esclavos - master of the slaves manto - cloak, shaw medias - silk stockings medias fressadas - half-blankets messa pequena - small table mestizo - children of Spanish/Indian background mico - Guale - hereditary cacique N Nueva Espana - New Spain , Mexico niaholata - Timucuan - woman chief O oficial de la media anata - official of the half annate - accountancy's second assistant. oficial segundo de contaduria - accountancy's second assistant ollas - pots olandilla - tinted, pressed linen ostion - large oyster P paje de jineta - page (position) pale - fence. palma - palm tree; palm thatch. palmo - span of about 8 or 9 inches pano - cloth pardos y morenos - free men of color pasamanos de seda - silk braids pauellon - tent, field bed, or tent-like curtain peinador - dressing-gown peninsulares - born in Spain peonia - town lot given to a settler 50 by 100 Spanish feet (pie) with additional lands for farming and grazing pequatas - Timucuan - servants perulera - olive jar petate - bag or basket woven of reeds petate de arina - bag of flour pie - one foot, Spanish measure (11 inches U. S.) pifano - fifer pinos - pines pinos gruesos - large pines pipas - iron-hooped barrels. pistoletillo - little pocket-pistol platillos - saucers platon - large plate platoncillos - plates plaza - man pay in garrison pleito homenaje - soldier's oath to keep and defend the fort until death punos de espada - sword-hilts punto de lone de bruseles - stockings Q quibiro ano - Timucuan - lineage of the Great Deer R ramada - arbor real - 34 marvedis reductos o fortines - small forts repartimiento - labor draft rescates - trade goods residencia - governor's term in office roble - oak tree Ropilla - doublet rosarios de frutilla colorados - red rosaries ruan - fine, wrinkled linen S sabanas - sheets, large field sacerdote - priests sacristan - mayor - chief sexton sala - hall; living room sargento - sargent sillas de respaldar - high-backed chairs situado - subsidy sobrestantes - construction superintendents solana - open porch or gallery; an elevated porch. soldados - privates sombrero - hat T tabique de ostion - wall made of oyster shell tabby. tablas - boards or planks (see tablon) tablas de manteles - tablecloth tablon - plank (larger than board) Tacatacouru - Timucuan - St. Johns River tachuela - tankard tahamani - shingles tapia - tabby, a building conrete made of lime, shell, sand, and water; mud wall tapia acerada - lime-plastered mud wall tapia con paja - mud wall with straw tapia real wall made of rammed earth and lime tapial - mold for making mud walls. tarima - large wooden bedstead tasajo - dried beef taxali - shoulder-belt tejada de palma - palm-thatch roof tejamaniles - shingles teniente del Castillo de San Marcos - lieutenant of the fort tercio - regiment tesorero y tenedor de bastimentos - treasurer and supply officer, quartermaster tonelandas - tons toneles - casks tunaque - Guale - secondary officeholder V vino abinagrado - soured wine W weares - Timucuan - Timucuan house X xarampuda - to sift or winnow - porous fabric cheesecloth, lace, or mosquito netting xinto - waist-belt Y ybitano - Timucuan - highest advisor of the 2nd order (anacotima) Z zervillentas - napkins |
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