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
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
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
Near the refuge-house called the Poizo, some 4,500 feet above sea-level, a road to the right led us to Comacha, where stood Mr. Edward Hollway's summer quinta.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Like mighty giants they surround the harbour, the ground at their bases sloping towards the water, and sprinkled with pretty villages, and quintas, and orange-groves, and covered with the most luxuriant vegetation.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles
As they rode on they found the country dotted over with quintas and country-houses, here called montes, from being generally seated on hills.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
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 Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift
The Paseo del Molino is the best part of the town, where all the rich merchants reside in quintas, surrounded by pretty gardens.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
The suburbs of Flores and Belgrano each present a very pretty group of quintas and gardens, wherein great skill and refinement of taste is evinced.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
