American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2
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Pavan
PAVAN’, n. [L. pavo, a peacock.] A grave dance among the Spaniards. In this dance, the performers make a kind of wheel before each other, the gentlemen dancing with cap and sword,princes with long robes, and the ladies with long trails; the motions resembling the stately steps of the peacock.
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