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 Mo·ris·co, n.  A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. --Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. --Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.
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 Dance, n.
 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.
 2. Mus. A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
 Note: ☞ The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
 Of remedies of love she knew parchance
 For of that art she couth the olde dance.   --Chaucer.
 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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 morris dance
      n : any of various English folk dances performed by men in
          costume [syn: morris dancing]