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dance of death
(encz) | dance of death, n: |
Dance of Death
(gcide) | Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v.
i.]
1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who
dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the
persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord
with music.
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2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the
minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
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Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older
writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
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Of remedies of love she knew parchance
For of that art she couth the olde dance.
--Chaucer.
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Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the
power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high,
and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton.
Morris dance. See Morris.
To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of
movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a
dance not understood.
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dance of death
(wn) | dance of death
n 1: a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death
leads a procession of others to the grave [syn: {danse
macabre}, dance of death] |
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Dance of Death
(gcide) | Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v.
i.]
1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who
dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the
persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord
with music.
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2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the
minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
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Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older
writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
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Of remedies of love she knew parchance
For of that art she couth the olde dance.
--Chaucer.
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Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the
power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high,
and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton.
Morris dance. See Morris.
To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of
movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a
dance not understood.
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