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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In military tactics, an exercise in squad-drill intended to teach the principles of marching.
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For the next hour or two Dick was going through the customary instruction, and being barked at with the rest, ordered here and there, made to perform the balance-step, and put through his facings generally.
The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne George Manville Fenn 1870
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