matachin

• Wishing perhaps to obtain more extensive knowledge of these "dear little creatures," he had the magnanimity to enter the ring, with the intention of joining their matachin, and soon had his desire gratified, for there they kept him, dancing away, night and day, without intermission. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 481, March 19, 1831
• ‘quellio’ (cuello), a ruff or _neck_-collar; and ‘matachin’, the title of a sword-dance; these are all frequent in our early dramatists; and —  English Past and Present

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms