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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Virginia reel | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Virginia reel | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. {Virginia cowslip} (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}). {Virginia creeper} (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also {woodbine}, and {American ivy}. [U. S.] {Virginia fence}. See {Worm fence}, under {Fence}. {Virginia nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the cardinal bird. See under {Cardinal}. {Virginia quail} (Zo[94]l.), the bobwhite. {Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. {Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reel \Reel\ (r?l), n. [Gael. righil.] A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called {Scotch reel}. {Virginia reel}, the common name throughout the United States for the old English [bd]country dance,[b8] or contradance (contredanse). --Bartlett. | |
