Alcarraza: Definition and part of speech

Alcarraza

  1. n. A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Alcayde: Definition and part of speech

Alcayde

  1. n. The warden, or keeper of a jail.
  2. n. A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.