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A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a
step. |
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The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from
the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in
measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. |
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Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot,
canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a
quick pace. |
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A slow gait; a footpace. |
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Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. |
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Any single movement, step, or procedure. |
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A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised
above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. |
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A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing
the web. |
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To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or
measured steps. |
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To proceed; to pass on. |
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To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side
together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. |
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To pass away; to die. |
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To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or
upon; as, the guard paces his round. |
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To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of
ground. |
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To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to
teach the pace; to break in. |