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=basura=, _f._, sweepings; withered leaves in a forest.
=basurero=, _m._, dust or garbage collector; dungyard.
=batata=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), sweet potato.
=batey=, _m._, machinery and other appurtenances of a sugar-mill; (_Cuba_) the factory itself.
=batir=, to beat, to stir briskly.
=baul-comoda=, _m._, wardrobe trunk.
=bautismo=, _m._, baptism.
=bazar=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), store where household goods are sold.
=becerro=, _m._, yearling calf.
=beduino, -a=, Bedouin, Arab of the desert.
=begona=, _f._, a S. A. fish.
=bejucos=, _m._, creeping plants which climb on trees.
=beneficiar=, to work and improve a mine; (_Sp. A._) to quarter cattle or sheep.
=benteveo=, _m._, South American bird, so named because of its curious cry.
=berenjena=, _f._, egg-plant.
=bergantin=, _m._, brig, brigantine.
=bermejo, -a=, of a bright reddish color.
=berrear=, to bleat like a calf.
=berza=, _f._, cabbage.
=biblioteca=, _f._, library; bookcase; =---- giratoria=, revolving bookcase.
=bienes raices=, _m. pl._, real estate.
=billete=, _m._, ticket.
=bisagra=, _f._, hinge.
=bisoneria=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), lack of experience in the habits of a country.
=bizcochuelo=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), spongecake.
=blanquear=, to whitewash.
=blanquecino, -a=, whitish.
=bocado=, _m._, bit of a bridle.
=boceto=, _m._, sketch; =---- comico=, a short comedy.
=bocha=, _f._, wooden ball; the game of bowls.
=bodega=, _f._, storehouse; wine vault, _hence_, the establishment where wine is made; (_Sp. A._), grocery.
=bodegon=, _m._, a squalid eating-house.
=bofetada=, _f._, slap, box, blow in the face with the open hand.
=boga=, _f._, a fish.
=bohio=, _m._, palm-thatched hut (_West Indies_).
=boina=, _f._, flat, round woolen cap; cap originally worn by the Carlists.
=boldo=, _m._, a medicinal plant found in Chile, used also to color wine.
=boleadora=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), bifurcated ropes, with weights at the extremities of the bifurcated sections, thrown about the legs of cattle to be caught.
=boliche=, _m._ (_Sp. A._), the game of ten-pins.
=bolos=, the game of ten-pins.
=bolsa=, _f._, bag, purse; =---- de comercio=, stock exchange.
=bollo=, _m._, small roll made of fine flour.
=bomba=, _f._, pump.
=bombilla=, _f._, narrow metal tube ending in a spoon-shaped covered, but perforated, bowl used in drinking mate.
=boneteria=, _f._, department in dry-goods stores where knitted goods are sold.
=bonito=, _m._, South American fish of fine flavor.
=bordado=, _m._, embroidery.
=borde=, _m._, strip.
=borla=, _f._, ta.s.sel.
=borracha=, _f._, name applied in Brazil to the rubber tree, sometimes used in Spanish America also.
