Definition of Scottish reel

1. Noun. A lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps.

Exact synonyms: Reel
Specialized synonyms: Highland Fling, Eightsome
Generic synonyms: Square Dance, Square Dancing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scottish Reel

Scotticized
Scotticizes
Scotticizing
Scottie
Scottish
Scottish Borders
Scottish Deerhound
Scottish Deerhounds
Scottish English
Scottish Fold
Scottish Folds
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Highlander
Scottish Lallans
Scottish deerhound
Scottish reel (current term)
Scottish terrier
Scottish wildcat
Scottish wildcats
Scottishly
Scottishness
Scottsdale
Scotty
Scourge of God
Scourge of the Gods
Scouse
Scouser
Scouserati
Scousers

Literary usage of Scottish reel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Excursions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden: Including Notices of the Public by Robert Bremner (1840)
"... Travelling on the Fiords—A Scottish "Reel"—Norwegian Dances—Native ... Scottish reel ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Playground Congress and ... Year Book by Playground Association of America (1909)
"The Scottish reel exhibits contrasts in essential respects with the dances of ... The contrast between the Scottish reel and any one of the great Russian or ..."

3. Travels in Scotland by Johann Georg Kohl (1849)
"... and had now a man before me who might be relied upon in the matter, I asked him what might be the peculiarity of the Scottish reel, as a dance. ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Improperly used to denote a drinking-vessel, or the liquor contained in it, S. Hence, Push about the Jorum is the name of an old Scottish reel, ..."

5. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect by Robert Burns (1824)
"Spring, a quick air in music, a Scottish reel. Sprit, a tough-rooted plant, something like rushes. ..."

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