Definition of Prancings

1. prancing [n] - See also: prancing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prancings

pramiracetam
pramocaine
pramoxine
prams
prana
pranas
pranayama
pranayamas
prance
pranced
prancer
prancers
prances
prancing
prancingly
prancings (current term)
pranck
prancke
prancked
pranckes
prancking
prancks
prancy
prandial
prang
prang up
pranged
pranging
prangos
prangs

Literary usage of Prancings

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

1. The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Including His Contributions to the by Sydney Smith (1859)
"We have the din of superficial cavillers, the prancings of giddy ostentation, fluttering vanity, hissing scorn, dank clod, &c. &c. &c. ..."

2. Notes, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Judges: Designed as a General by George Bush (1844)
"... that the hoofs of their horses were splintered, battered, and broken by the roughness of the roads. IT'By the means of their prancings. ..."

3. Notes, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Judges: Designed as a General by George Bush (1866)
"... the various banners of their nations broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. wet with the dews of Tabor and Hermon. ..."

4. The Bible explainer; or A dictionary of the names, countries [&c.] as by William Nicholson (1870)
"The* -<re the horse-hoofs broken by mem.л <;/" the prancings, the prancings nf the mighty ones "—better translated the. ..."

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