paving

Example Sentences

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Then he 's a rogue, and a passy measures pavin.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

Then he's a rogue, and a passy-measures pavin.

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)

The only Pavan mentioned by Shakespeare is the Passy-measures pavin, otherwise known as Passing-measures-pavin, or Passameso, or Pass e mezzo, which last is the earliest form of the word.

From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)

A student of Shakspere, I had learned something of every dance alluded to in his plays, and hence partially understood several of those I now saw—the minuet, the pavin, the hey, the coranto, the lavolta.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George

His kneading tub and his pavin are the two misteries of his occupation and he is a filcher by his trade, but the miller is before him.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John