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Dancing or leaping
Answer for the clue "Dancing or leaping ", 7 letters:
saltant
Word definitions for saltant in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Leaping; jumping; dancing. 2 (context heraldry English) In a leaping position; springing forward.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saltant \Sal"tant\, a. [L. saltans, p. pr. of saltare to dance, v. intens. fr. salire to leap: cf. F. sautant. See Sally , v.] Leaping; jumping; dancing. (Her.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and ...
Usage examples of saltant.
Woods and fields are tremulous at twilight with the shimmering of white saltant forms, and immemorial Ocean yields up curious sights beneath thin moons.
Flutes shrieked and drums began to beat, and as I watched in awe and terror I thought I saw dark saltant forms silhouetted grotesquely against the vision of marble and effulgence.