| Pace (pace) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pace |
| [OE. pas, F.
pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching
out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to
spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. Pas,
Pass.] |
A single movement from one foot
to the other in walking; a step.
The length of a step in walking or
marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other;
-- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty
paces.
Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk;
as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the
horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
A slow gait; a footpace.
Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a
rack.
Any single movement, step, or
procedure.
A broad step or platform;
any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an
altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
A device in a loom, to
maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
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| Pace (pace) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Pace |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Paced (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Pacing (?).] |
To go] to walk;
specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
To proceed; to pass on.
To move quickly by lifting the legs on the
same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to
rack.
To pass away; to die.
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To
walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the
guard paces his round.
To measure by steps or paces; as, to
pace a piece of ground.
To develop, guide, or control the pace or
paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
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