HILLAM.

ELLEGREN.  Stated by Borrow to be a Scand. word, meaning “elfin plant,”
but the dictionaries do not give it.  _Elle_, however, in composition =
fairy, in Danish; and _gren_ = bough, in Danish, Norse, and Swedish.

EMBÉO.  _Rom._  A book.  P. ii. 62.

EMBUSTERO.  _Span._  Impostor, cheat, schemer; from _embuste_, a deceit,
false or fraudulent scheme, snare.

ENCINA.  _Span._  An oak.

ENDEMONIADO.  _Span._  Possessed by the devil.

ENGANCHAR.  _Span._  To enlist as a soldier.  Prim. to hook; _gancho_, a
hook.

ENSAYO.  _Span._  An essay, attempt.

ENTENDER.  _Span._  To understand.

ENTERO.  _Span._  An _entire_ horse, or stallion.  As an adjective,
entire, perfect, complete.

ERRATE.  _Rom._  A respectful appellation of the gypsy race, used by them
of their own race.  From Rom. _rat_, blood; the people of the same blood;
our blood relations.  P. ii. 272; Pp. 457; M. viii. 56.

ERRAY.  _Rom._  Gentleman.  More commonly, _rai_; in Eng. Rom., _rye_.
P. ii. 264; Pp. 453; M. viii. 54.

ERREGUIÑA.  _Basque._  Queen.  Borrow is mistaken in connecting this word
with Sanscrit.  It is simply the Lat. _regina_.

ERUDITO.  _Span._ and _Port._  Learned.

ESCAPADO.  _Span._ and _Port._  Escaped, a runaway.

ESCLIVITUD.  _Span._  Slavery.

ESCOCÉS.  _Span._  Scotch.

ESCONDIDO.  _Span._ and _Port._  _Adj._ hidden.

ESCOPETA.  _Span._ and _Port._  A gun.

ESCRIBANO.  _Span._  A notary, or his clerk.  Lit. a writer.

ESCUCHAR.  _Span._  To listen.  _Escuchad_!  “Listen!”

ESCUELA.  _Span._  A school.

ESO.  _Span._  That.  _Que es eso_?  “What’s that?”

ESPAÑA.  _Span._  Spain.  See i. 341.

ESPAÑOL.  Spanish.

ESPINAL, ESPINAR.  _Span._  A thorny thicket; place of thorns.

ESPINGARDA.  _Span._ and _Port._  A musket.

ESPINHEIRO.  _Port._  A thorn-tree.

ESTADEA.  _Port._  ESTADAIÑA.  _Gal._  Dimin. ESTADINHA.  (1) A skeleton,
or death’s-head; a nocturnal procession of the spirits of the dead.  (2)
A witches’ “sabbath;” for which last the Galician _compaña_ is also used.

ESTALAGEM.  _Port._ 