Escuʹrial
.The palace of the Spanish sovereigns, about fifteen miles northwest of Madrid. It is one of the most superb structures in Europe, but is built among rocks, as the name signifies.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.