=: 'marry into the family of' is the dictionary
meaning; but the derivation from =tronco=, 'trunk,' may here suggest 'be
grafted into the stock of.'

=88= 25 =motes=: 'nicknames,' =apodos=, says the Academy; more strictly,
offensive or disrespectful =apodos=.

=88= 34 =ello es=: cf. R. 1361; K. 188,_a_; C. 206, 2.

=90= 5 =guitarrillo=: an instrument like a tiny guitar with four
strings.

=90= 29 =cascarazo=: a word which, like the diminutives, will never be
found in any general dictionary. Grammars (cf. n. on p. 37, l. 14) treat
the suffix =-azo=, and a few others of this sort, along with the
diminutives.

=91= 12 =formula=: 'shibboleth.'

=92= 5 =coman=: sc. =ustedes=.

=92= 13 =_Cirio Pascual_=: a =cirio pascual= is an immense candle
lighted on Holy Saturday and used at services till Ascension Day.

=92= 14 =de tres pisos=: 'three-story'; not a rare expression for a tall
hat.

=92= 17 =A que=: used to introduce an instigation to do something, like
Eng. 'I'll bet.' Cf. n. on p. 75, l. 21.

=92= 28 =media onza=: gold coin worth 40 pesetas (about $7.75), coined
before 1833.

=93= 7 =en campana=: 'in the open,' 'out of her intrenchments' (military
term).--=colgando la ropa=: 'hanging out the clothes.'

=93= 28 =esas=: R. 442; K. 265; C. 162, 2.

=94= 2 =llaman=: sc. =ustedes=.

=95= 16 =echara un responso=: in his capacity as priest.

=95= 33 =mujer=: used like =hombre=. Cf. n. on p. 5, l. 33.

=96= 1 =tendre=: R. 1195; K. 703,_c_; C. 266.

=96= 33 =rumiantes=: i.e. as truly progressive as oxen.

=97= 9 =Su Ilustrisima=: i.e. the bishop.

=97= 14 =1. deg., 2. deg.=, etc.: in these abbreviations for 'first,'
'secondly,' etc., the small circle was originally the final _o_ of the
Latin words _primo, secundo_, etc. So in counting degrees: 60 deg. means
_sexagesimo_, 'at the sixtieth (degree).'

=98= 4 =Tomarias=: just as the fut. ind. is used to indicate an element
of doubt or conjecture in an assertion of present fact, so the
conditional is employed to convey the same implication with regard to a
past fact (K. 706, _f_; C. 268). Translate 'you probably took,' 'no
doubt you took,' or the like.

=98= 8 =Todo lo he meditado=: cf. n. on p. 32, l. 17.

=98= 19 =extremeno=: native of the province of Estremadura (spelled in
Spanish =Extremadura=; but cf. n. on p. 22, l. 25, and p. 102, l. 27).
In small Spanish towns, shopkeepers and the like from other provinces
are commonly designated in brief in this