'Morris dance' definitions:

Definition of 'morris dance'

noun

Any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume [syn: morris dance, morris dancing]

From: GCIDE

Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]
1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. [1913 Webster]
2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. [1913 Webster]
Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. [1913 Webster]
Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton.
Morris dance. See Morris.
To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Morisco \Mo*ris"co\, n. [Sp. morisco Moorish.] A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. --Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. --Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture. [1913 Webster]