† friscaln.
Obsolete.in extended use.1613 G. Wither Epithal. Juvenilia (1633) 360 Comets and Meteors..shew their fiery Friscoils in the ayre.
= frisco n.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > specific movements
gambol1509
gamond?a1513
frisco?1520
brawl1521
frisk1525
friscal1570
goat's jump1589
caper1592
capriole1596
capering1598
amble1607
friscado1634
rising1694
sink1706
moulinet1785
ballon1828
toeing1871
bump1931
heel turn1933
partnering1939
grind1946
shake1946
thigh lift1949
cambré1952
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > a caper
gambol1509
gamond?a1513
frisco?1520
frisk1525
friscal1570
caprettie?1578
career1587
stotc1590
lavoltaa1592
caper1592
gambado1618
prance1648
capriccio1665
gambade1803
caper-cut1875
1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. iv. ii. sig. Dii These friscoles shal not serue your tourne for al your vauntes so braue.
1611 J. Strangways in T. Coryate Crudities sig. dv His treadings were but friscals of a poppet.
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iv. iii. 315 And saying so, he gaue two or three friskles in the ayre with very great signes of contentment.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 175 Their beds..wherein they were like to..fetch..friscalls in the ayre.
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