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GLOSSARY.
| Chile — | Hot peppers. |
| Compadre and Comadre — | Godfather and Godmother; names by which two persons address each other, who have held the same child at the baptismal font, or have been sponsors to gether at a marriage, &c. |
| Canónigo — | Canon or prebendary. |
| Cómicos — | Actors. |
| Camarista — | Lady of honor. |
| Dia de Años — | Birth-day. |
| Dulces — | Sweetmeats. |
| Diário — | Daily newspapers. |
| Frisones — | Large horses from the north. |
| Funcion — | Solemnity — festival. |
| Frijoles — | Brown beans. |
| Galopina — | Kitchen girl. |
| Garbanzos — | Chick-peas, Cicer Arietinum. |
| Gachupin — | Name given to the Spaniards in Mexico. |
| Garita — | City-gate. |
| Goleta — | Schooner. |
| Gentuza — | Rabble. |
| Honras — | Funeral honors. |
| Hacienda — | Country-place. |
| Ingenio de Azucar — | Sugar plantation. |
| Invdlidos — | Disabled soldiers. |
| Jarro — | Earthen jar. |
| Ladrones — | Robbers. |
| Leperos — | Beggars, low persons. |
| Litira — | Litter. |
| Monte Pio — | Office where money is lent on security. |
| Mezcal — | Brandy distilled from pulque. |
| Manga — | Cloak made of cloth with a hole in the middle for putting the head through. |
