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Bayle (2 syl.)

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Dances of the common people were so called in Spain, in opposition to the stately court dances, called danza. The Baylē were of Moorish invention, the most celebrated being La Sarabanda, La Chacona, Las Gambelas, and El Hermano Bartolo.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bay the Moon (To)
Bay Salt
Bayadere (bah-ya-dare)
Bayard (Chevalier)
Bayard of the East (The)
Bayard
Bayardo
Bayes
Bayes’s Troops
Bayeux Tapestry
Bayle
Bayonet
Bayonets
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Bead-house
Bead-roll
Beadle
Beadsman or Bedesman
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