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contra
contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, in...

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contra
contrā adv.and praep.I comp.of com-; see 1 cum. I I.adv.,of position, in opposition, opposite, fa...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Contra
·- A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, ·etc., entering as a...

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Dance
·vi A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, ·etc. II. Dance ·...

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Dance
Found in Judg. 21:21, 23; Ps. 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; Jer. 31:4, 13, etc., as the translation of hul, w...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dance
a musical instrument of percussion, supposed to have been used by the Hebrews at an early period of ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Contra Aginnum
CONTRA AGINNUM is placed by the Anton. Itin. half way between Augusta Veromanduorum ( St. Quentin) a...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Country-dance
·noun ·see <<Contradance>>. ...

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Ghost dance
·add. ·- A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked ...

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stag-dance
A dance performed by males only, in barrooms, &c. Also called a bull-dance. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bull-dance
At sea it is performed by men only, when without women. It is sometimes called a stag-dance. ...

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dance upon nothing
To be hanged. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose