Tripping

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A light dance.

II. Tripping ·noun Act of one who, or that which, trips.

III. Tripping ·adj Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.

IV. Tripping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Trip.

V. Tripping ·noun The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.

VI. Tripping ·adj Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant;

— said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.

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