quinta
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The strongest of them are called essential oils, after the medieval alchemist’s notion of quinta essentia, a fifth essence of heavenly origin — a life force — to be extracted from terrestrial materials.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
“Vinho verde is a growing segment,” being less alcoholic and a better fit with light foods, said Smith, whose other quinta, Covela, makes two kinds.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2014
Icy rains had brought autumn to Argentina, and the master of the house in the Calle Juncal, Ramon S. Castillo, was moving in from his suburban quinta in Martinez beside the Rio de la Plata.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since he first started teaching them to ride motorcycles at his presidential quinta in suburban Olivos last August, he has hardly let a day pass without some kindness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Senhora Pondillo and her family will accompany her husband to my quinta at Las Flores.
From The Stowaway Girl by Louis Tracy
The quintas, or country-houses, each surrounded by a terraced garden and vineyard, which dotted the slopes, gave a cheerful air to the landscape.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
The cavan is a measure of the capacity of 5,998 cubic inches, and is subdivided into 25 quintas.
From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by Robert MacMicking
The surrounding country was generally uncultivated, except in the immediate neighbourhood of villages or quintas, though there were large enclosures for grazing cattle.
From In New Granada Heroes and Patriots by William Henry Giles Kingston
The roofs of the suburban quintas showed themselves here and there above the orchards, and by the roadside the iris alata bloomed on every bank.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Sue Petigru Bowen
One extraordinary feature of the private quintas or orchards and plantations in the vicinity of the Saladeros was the walls or hedges.
From Far Away and Long Ago by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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