Virginia reel
n 1: an American country dance which starts with the couples
facing each other in two lines [syn: {Virginia reel},
{reel}]
Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [Gael. righil.]
A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
music to the dance; -- often called {Scotch reel}.
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{Virginia reel}, the common name throughout the United States
for the old English "country dance," or contradance
(contredanse). --Bartlett.
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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.
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{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} (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under
{Cardinal}.
{Virginia quail} (Zool.), the bobwhite.
{Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in
the United States. --Bartlett.
{Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}.
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