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<hw>Dance</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>danse</ets>, of German origin. See <er>Dance</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.</def>

<note>&hand; The word <i>dance</i> was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.</note>

<blockquote>Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde <b>dance</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Dance of Death</col> <fld>(Art)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Morris dance</col>. <cd>See <er>Morris</er>.</cd> -- <col>To lead one a dance</col>, <cd>to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dancer</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dances or who practices dancing.</def>

<cs><col>The merry dancers</col>, <cd>beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See <cref>Aurora borealis</cref>, under <er>Aurora</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Danceress</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"cer*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female dancer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Dancett\'82</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan`cet`t\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>danch\'82</ets> dancett\'82, <ets>dent</ets> tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess <i>dancett\'82</i> has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.</def>

<h1>Dancing</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a. & vb. n.</tt> <def>from <er>Dance</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Dancing girl</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Dancing master</col>, <cd>a teacher of dancing.</cd> -- <col>Dancing school</col>, <cd>a school or place where dancing is taught.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dancy</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Dancett\'82</er>.</def>

<h1>Dandelion</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"de*li`on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>dent de lion</ets> lion's tooth, fr. L. <ets>dens</ets> tooth + <ets>leo</ets> lion. See <er>Tooth</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and <er>Lion</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A well-known plant of the genus <spn>Taraxacum</spn> (<spn>T. officinale</spn>, formerly called <spn>T. Dens-leonis</spn> and <spn>Leontodos Taraxacum</spn>) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.</def>

<h1>Dander</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from <ets>dandruff</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Dandruff or scurf on the head.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anger or vexation; rage</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dander</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dandle</er>.]</ety> <def>To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>