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- noun Plural form of
lavolta .
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Examples
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And very charming was Mr. William Cary, with his quips and his jests, and his galliards and lavoltas; over and above his rich inheritance; but then, charming also Mr. Coffin of Portledge, though he were a little proud and stately; but which of the two should she choose?
Westward Ho! 2007
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Thus, with singing and with music, springs into existence the characteristic Elizabethan extravagance; the dolphins and lavoltas of Greene; the hyperbole, more surprising in a writer so terse and muscular, of Ben Jonson.
The Common Reader 1925
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And very charming was Mr. William Cary, with his quips and his jests, and his galliards and lavoltas; over and above his rich inheritance; but then, charming also Mr. Coffin of Portledge, though he were a little proud and stately; but which of the two should she choose?
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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And teach lavoltas high [1] and swift corantos; [2]
King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre William Shakespeare 1590
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[Footnote III. 1: _ ---- lavoltas high_] A dance in which there was much turning, and much capering.] [Footnote III. 2: _ ---- swift corantos; _] A corant is a sprightly dance.] [Footnote III. 3: _With +pennons+_] _Pennons_ armorial were small flags, on which the arms, device, and motto of a knight were painted.]
King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre William Shakespeare 1590
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