2. Verb. (third-person singular of pace) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paces
1. pace [v] - See also: pace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paces
Literary usage of Paces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1906)
"S. The Enterance is 17 paces wide. From N. to S. 'tis 90 paces in Length. From E.
to W. 'tis 62 paces. The Earth is aa paces thick, & aa paces high. ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"The great semidiameter of the exterior polygon is a thousand and .forty-two common
paces, that is, five-hundred and twenty-one geometrical paces, ..."
3. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred by Alfred Mordecai, Julius Schön, Josiah Gorgas (1861)
"Out of 100 rounds, the number of hits were : At 200 paces, 164 yards, target
nearly 8 feet ... At 400 paces, 328 yards, the number of hits was the same. ..."
4. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856 by Alfred Mordecai (1860)
"Out of 100 rounds, the number of hits were: At 200 paces, 104 yards, ... At 1000
paces, 820 yards,, target nearly 10 by 13 feet, 100. e At 1000 paces, ..."
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... enters distraught and takes tragic paces down stage; stoops down and listens
for a heart throb. ..."
6. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... his brother's mare j£the was waxing of her noble might; Yea, had the course
some paces further stretch'd, He had flown foremost, clean, beyond demur. ..."
7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... that might get fo far, and to prevent their looking any more after the private
chamber, which is but twelve paces from this place, in which by the body ..."
8. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... Russians fell back several paces in avoidance paces*0" of this sudden lunge ;
but they presently rallied, and their rally: a number of their people ..."
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