A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
A prank; a frolic.
verb
(figuratively) (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
(figuratively) (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
(intransitive) Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
(transitive) To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
devout
devout
adj
(archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
noun
(obsolete) A devotee.
(obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
duvets
duvets
noun
plural of duvet
etuvee
juvent
juvite
mutive
outvie
outvie
verb
(transitive) To outdo a competitor or rival.
ouvert
ouvert
noun
(ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
(fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.
struve
turves
turves
noun
plural of turf (piece of sod)
tyauve
unvest
unvext
unvext
adj
Obsolete form of unvexed.
unvote
unvote
verb
(transitive, archaic) To reverse or annul by vote.
velout
venust
venust
adj
(obsolete) beautiful
venuti
vertus
veruta
vetust
vetust
adj
(obsolete) venerable from antiquity; ancient; old
virtue
virtue
noun
(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.
A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
volute
volute
adj
(engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
noun
(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
(art) A spiral or scroll form.
(engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
(music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
(zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
(zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.