Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dancing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dancing \Dan"cing\, p. a. & vb. n.
from {Dance}.

{Dancing girl}, one of the women in the East Indies whose
profession is to dance in the temples, or for the
amusement of spectators. There are various classes of
dancing girls.

{Dancing master}, a teacher of dancing.

{Dancing school}, a school or place where dancing is taught.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Danced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dancing}.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw;
akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See {Thin}.]
1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical
accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company
with others, with a regulated succession of movements,
(commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap
rhythmically.

Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.

Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances
with your daughter? --Shak.

2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray.

More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my
wedded mistress saw. --Shak.

Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron.

Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
--Wordsworth.

{To dance on a rope}, or {To dance on nothing}, to be hanged.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dancing
adj : moving quickly and excitedly; "on dancing feet"
n : taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time
to music [syn: {dance}, {terpsichore}]


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