Dictionary entry

Dance (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dance (?), v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.

To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak.

Thy grandsire loved thee well;

Many a time he danced thee on his knee. Shak.

To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor.

A man of his place, and so near our favor,

To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.