morris

An English folk dance in which a story is enacted by costumed dancers.

Same as morrisdance.

A dance resembling the morris-dance.

Belonging to or taking part in a morris-dance.

A curious fish, allied to the eels, of the genus Leptocephalus. Its body is so compressed as to resemble tape.

To dance or perform by dancing. See morris-dance.

To “dance” or “waltz” off; decamp; be off; begone.

A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.

A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.

A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictitious characters.