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Virginia reel definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel, reel]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1817 an American dance in which two lines of couples face each other and all couples in turn participate in a series of figures

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite. Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 ``country dance,'' or contradance (contredanse). --Bartlett.