Found 2 items, similar to Virginia reel.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Virginia reel Virginia reel n : an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines [syn: reel]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Virginia reel Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [Gael. righil.] A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel. [1913 Webster] Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States for the old English “country dance,” or contradance (contredanse). --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [1913 Webster] Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica ). Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.] Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. Virginia nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite. Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. [1913 Webster]