walty (wolti)

[ A new ship,. of about 150 tuns, but so walty that the master (Lambert on) often said she would prove their grave. J. Pierpont , in C. Mather's Mag. Chris., I. vi. waltz (wâlts), n . [= F. valse (> E. valse ), walzer , a round dance, waltz, walzen , roll: see walt, v.] 1. A round dance, probably of Bohemian origin, which has been extraordinarily popular since the latter part of the eighteenth century. It is danced by couples, the partners in each couple moving together in a series of whirling steps either advancing continuously in the same direction, or varying this with "reversing" or turning the opposite way. The regular form of the waltz is known as the trois temps-the more rapid form deux - temps containing six steps to every two of the other. The derivation of the waltz is disputed, the French often claiming its descent from the volta, and the Germans from the allemande; but it is probably a development of the slow and simple ländler. Its popularity has decidedly overshadowed that of all other fashionable dances. 2. Music for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is triple and moderately quick. Waltzes IMG:content-2039.jpg:[graphic] waltz are usually made up of sections of eight or sixteen mea sures. Several such sections are often written to be per formed in succe ion, and are then provided with an introduction and a coda. - Deux-temps waltz. See deux temps.