caracole
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The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole .
From Time Magazine Archive
He began to rear and caracole as if he were about to suffer transformation into a colt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The warriors most famous for valor and strength advanced, making their horses caracole round about the fire.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
The discomfiture of the procession was quite a delightful entertainment for him, and he made his little mule caracole about in the hope of an encore.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Evariste Regis Huc
"Here is a brave victory," snorted Von Donck; and he gave vent to his delight by turning a caracole upon the forehead of the giant.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
The waiter prodded the table to try caracoles, or snails, eaten by pushing a toothpick into the shell and dragging out the body.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2011
But for $20 she swindled out of the warden as she was leaving her latest penitentiary she is penniless, but she caracoles into town as the Countess of Auburn.
From Time Magazine Archive
There it hums and caracoles, through the bottles and glasses; reckless what dangerous breakage and spilth it may occasion.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Thomas Carlyle
Still, whatever her caracoles or escapades, they caused Florimel nothing but amusement, for her confidence in Malcolm -- that he could do whatever he believed he could -- was unbounded.
From The Marquis of Lossie by George MacDonald
Angel and I followed closely with occasional caracoles, and cavortings, and scornful blowings through the nostrils.
From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley
In front of it, as the week went on, a thousand horses paraded, galloped, caracoled — black and grey, hunter and hackney, carriage-horse and teamster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above Beirut's Place des Canons last week R.A.F. planes roared and caracoled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shadow’s mount caracoled away from it, and Shadow stroked its neck and told it not to be afraid.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
She—it was a mare—curveted and caracoled in the road, which was one reason why Patsy could not hear what was being said.
From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
The brown mare was led back and forth before them, the colts requiring a strong hand upon the reins as she caracoled in front of their exasperated eyes.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
Of many existing causes for alarm, one minor one has been Author Louis Golding's caracoling cleverness, which has frightened away more than a few cautious readers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prancing, caracoling or stiffly reined in, they constitute a lexicon of equine movement that Western art could hardly rival for another 1400 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
She turned towards the drive, Smith caracoling at her side.
From The Girl on the Boat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Hugh watched him caracoling down the street, and burnt with indignation.
From Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens
These would never, by any gamesome caracoling, endanger the coherency of pole with body, of axle with wheel.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 by Various
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