† minawayn.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
= minuet n.
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pavanea1510
passamezzo1568
passy-measure1597
saraband1631
minuet1672
cerebrand1677
minaway1688
gavotte1696
passepied1696
minuetto1724
polonaise1740
polacca1804
minuetinga1847
varsovienne1859
varsoviana1860
Paduan1880
slow drag1911
strut1937
1688 R. Blackbourn Clitie III. 208 She was dancing a Minua with the King, which hinder'd her from taking notice when Darbelle enter'd.
?1695 Ballad, Constant Coridon ii No Minnaway Dance, or Boree, Was ever so sweet a strain.
1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 [She] tipper-taipers when she taks the gate first like a Lady's gentlewoman in a minuwae.
1816 J. Hogg Poetic Mirror 202 The Otar dancit ane minowaye.
1821 J. Ross Witch of Dean in Peep at Parnassus 17 [The witch] Could mince a minua on mist! Or caper on a cloud!
1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xiv. 129 Like a maid of honour dancing a minaway wi' the lord-chancellor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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