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Glossary
Glossary
— A
Accordion
Ales
Alternative
Anglo Concertina
Arch
Armbands
Attendants
— B
Balance
Baldrics
Baubles
Beads
Bell-pad/s
Bell/s
Belt/s
Blakey's segs
Blending
Bodice
Bonnet
Bottom
Braces
Braid
Branle
Breeches
Button Accordion
— C
Cadging
Call
Captain
Cast
Ceremonial
Choreography
Circle
Circle skirts
Clog
Coconut
Colours -- sporting colours
Competitions
Concertina
Convention
Cotswolds (the)
Courtly
Cross-dressing
Custom/s
— D
Disguise
Disguising -- medieval term
Doodling
Double cast
Down
— E
Emblem
English Concertina
— F
Farandole
Feathers
Fiddle
Figure
First couple
First Footing
Folk festivals
Fools stick
Footwork
Formal line
Formation
Friendly Societies
— G
Galliard
Gallop
Gansey
Gathered
Grotesque
Guisers
Guizers
— H
Handkerchiefs
Hands across
Hessian
Hey
Hobby horse/s
Hoggers
Honour
Hood
Hooden
Hornpipe
Horse brasses
— I
Iconic
Impromptu
Informal line
Ingenuity
Inheritance
Inside hands
— J
Jig
— K
Kilts
Knickerbockers
— L
Lace
Lancers and Quadrilles
Lead
Lift
Long sword
Longways set
— M
Mask/s
Masques
Medals
Melodeon
Military
Mini-skirts
Molly (the)
Moors
Moving arches
Music hall
— N
Naturalistic
Normal/normally
— O
Oak Apple
Oak Apple Day
Obby Oss
Occupational
Old Tup
One-two-three-hop
— P
Paisley
Parti-coloured
Participation
Pavane
Percussion
Phrasing
Pierrot
Plough jags
Plough Monday
Polka
Pom-poms
Progressive
Promenade
Pumps
— R
Rag jackets
Rag/s
Rapper Sword
Reel
Reindeer horns
Revived
Ribbon/s
Ribboners
Robin Hood
Rosette/s
Roud numbers
Roundels
— S
Sash/es
Sean Nos
Set dance
Sicilian circle
Signifies
Single cast
Skip-change
Slip
Smock/s
Social
Sole/s
Standardised
Star
Stave/s
Step Dance
Step to partner
Stepping
Stereotypical
Stick horse
Subvert/ed
Sunday best
Swing
Symbol/ Symbolic/ Symbolise
— T
Themed
Ties
Timing
Tourney
Transformative
— U
Uniform
Upper
— V
Variety shows
Veil
Velvet
— W
Waistcoat/s
Waltz
Welfare
Whitsun
— Z
Zouave
Phrasing
The adjustment of the movement within the music for it to give shape to the dance by emphasis, surge, tailing off, pause etc., as appropriate.