Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pacing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pace \Pace\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pacing}.]
1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or
measured steps. ``I paced on slowly.'' --Pope. ``With
speed so pace.'' --Shak.
2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.]
Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace.
--Chaucer.
3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side
together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pacing
n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
[syn: {tempo}]
2: walking with slow regular strides
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