dancing girl (dansinggerl)

1. A female profe ional dancer. See alma, ghawazee, nautch- girl, etc.-2. pl. [Used as a singular.] The Mantis i a salt at or i a, a greenhouse plant of the natural order Zingiber aceæ, a native of the East Indies. Its singular purple and yellow flowers have some resemblance to a ballet-dancer. dancing-master (dan's ing-master), п. teacher of dancing. in 16th century; formerly also dandieprat, dan deprat; origin obscure. Cf. dandy1.] 1. A little fellow; an urchin; a dwarf: a word of fondne or contempt. The smug dandiprat smells us out. St. Vitus's dance, chorea. - To lead one a dance, figuratively, to lead one hither and thither in a perplexing way and with final disappointment; delude, as with false hopes; put one to much trouble. You know very well my pa ion for Mrs. Martha, and what a dance she has led me . Add is on, Demurrers in Love. To lead the dance, to take the lead. In feele [many] myscheues sche makith to falle, Of al sorowe sche dooth the daunce leede. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 93. dance-music (dans' mūzik), n. 1. Music rhythmically fitted and specially intended as an accompaniment for dancing.-2. Music rhythmically suitable for dancing, but not set to any particular kind of dance, as the mazurkas of Chopin. cer, dancer (dan'sèr), n. [Early mod. E. dauncer, IMG:content-2025.png:[ocr errors] ME. dauncere (= D. danser = MHG. tanzer, ten zer, G. tänzer = Dan. danser = Sw. dans are ); And aftyr that ther cam Dauncers and some of them Disgysyd in women clothes that Daunsyd a gret while. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 13. 2. [ cap.] Eccles., one of a sect of enthusiasts who appeared in Europe on the lower Rhine in 1374, first at Aix-la-Chapelle, and indulged fe ed no definite tenets. The sect disappeared almost entirely within twenty-five years.-3. pl. Stairs. [Thieves' slang.] in wild dances in John, pro Come, my Hebe, track the dancers , that is, go up the stairs. Bulwer , What will he do with it? iii. 16. Merry dancers, a name given in northern countries to the aurora. In Shetland, where they [auroras] are very frequent, and in the north of Scotland, they are known as the merry dancers (perhaps the ancient capræ salt antes). Encyc. Brit ., III. 90. Some of our [auroral] displays were grand and magnificent in the extreme, but in general they were lances of white light, having perhaps a faint tinge of golden or citron color, which appeared as moving shafts or spears under the formation known as merry dancers. A. W. Greely, Arctic Service, p. 158. dancere (dan'sėr-es), n. [ dauncere e (= D. danseres ); dancer + -e .] A female dancer. [Rare.] What doth this dancere ? She most impudently uncovers her head. Prynne, Histrio-Mastix, vi. 12. dancette (dan-set'), n. [F. (in her.), irreg. and ult. den (t-)s (> OF. dent , dant ) = E. tooth , q. v. Cf. danché.] 1. In her . , a fe e dancetté on both sides, so that it is practically reduced to a row of fusils.-2. In arch ., the chevron or Dancette.-West door, Cathedral of Lincoln, England. zigzag molding frequent in medieval buildings, particularly in the Romanesque style. dancetté (dan-set-ā'), a. [As dancette + -é. Cf. danché.] In her., having the edge or outline broken into large and wide zig zags: same as indented, except that the notches are deeper and wider. Thus, a fe e dancetté has each of its edges broken into three or four large teeth or zigzags.- Dancetté couped, in her., dancetté and cut off at each end, so as not to reach the sides of the field: said of an ordinary. Thus, a fe e dancetté couped is like a W. Fe e Dancetté. dancetty (dan-set'i), a. Same as dancetté. danché (dan-shā'), a. [F., more commonly denché, indented, OF. dent, dant ) = E. tooth.] In her.: (a) Same as dancetté. (b) Same as indented. It is, however, a erted by some heralds that it denotes a smaller toothing or notching even than indented. A The legs of a dancing - master , and the fingers of a musician, fall, as it were, naturally, without thought or pains, into regular and admirable motions. Locke , Human Understanding, § 4. dancing-pipet (dan's ing-pīp), n. A musical instrument, probably a flute, on which accompaniments to a dance were played. Dawncynge - pype , Carola. Prompt . Parv. dancing-room (dàn's ing-röm), n . A room for dancing; a ball-room; specifically, in Great Britain, a public room licensed for music and dancing.