morrice
Collocations
5ADJ.
grave
VERB + MORRICE
moved, wavering
MORRICE + NOUN
mummery, prance
PREP.
in, in, on
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
A morris dance.
The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes.
verb
To dance, especially a morris dance
To move away rapidly; to decamp.
Zounds! here they are. Morrice! Prance!
Up with you, on your pins. There: now then, Morrice!
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4The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
WiktionaryAcross the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes.
WiktionaryZounds! here they are. Morrice! Prance!
WiktionaryUp with you, on your pins. There: now then, Morrice!
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