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Glissade   Listen
noun
Glissade  n.  
1.
A sliding, as down a snow slope.
2.
A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.





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"Glissade" Quotes from Famous Books



... in similar fashion; Hurrah, what a moment is this! What a moment of exquisite transport! A realization of bliss! To glissade is a pleasant sensation, Of which all have written, or read; But to taste it, in perfect perfection, You should learn to ...
— Sagittulae, Random Verses • E. W. Bowling
... tight if I slipped, for he seemed to have little idea what the rope was meant for. The ice was very hard, and cutting steps downwards with a short axe is not easy work; so when I came within 3 or 4 feet of the rock, I forgot the rope, and set off for a short glissade. Christian, of course, thought something was wrong, and very properly put a prompt strain upon the rope, which reduced his Herr to a spread-eagle sort of condition, in which it was difficult to explain matters, ...
— Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland • George Forrest Browne


Words linked to "Glissade" :   ballet, dance step, dance


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