secos

American  

[see-kohs, -kaws] / ˈsi koʊs, -kɔs /

noun

1. sekos.

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secos

It has a rough mildew that sticks to the clothes and penetrates them, which the Spaniards call amores secos.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

But the priest remained pleasant and the other priests sang while conducting the strangers to Apis’ own secos.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus

“My lords,” said the pleasant-looking priest, “this is the secos of the mother of Apis and we are going to show her to you.”

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus

The singing priests drew themselves up before a secos, a square plot of grass surrounded by columns.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus

In the "gran secos" of La Plata, the indigenous animals, such as the American deer, die by thousands, and suffer apparently as much as the cattle.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin