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PASSY-MEASURE

\pˈasimˈɛʒə], \pˈasimˈɛʒə], \p_ˈa_s_i_m_ˈɛ_ʒ_ə]\

Definitions of PASSY-MEASURE

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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pas'si-mezh'[=u]r, n. (Shak.) an old stately kind of dance, called also Passamezzo. [It. passamezzo--passare, to pass--passo--L. passus, a pace, mezzo--L. medius, the middle.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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