Definition of Paces

1. Noun. (plural of pace) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of pace) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paces

1. pace [v] - See also: pace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paces

pacelines
pacemaker
pacemaker failure
pacemaker output
pacemaker potential
pacemaker sensitivity
pacemaker syndrome
pacemakerlike
pacemakers
pacemaking
pacemakings
paceman
pacemen
pacer
pacers
paces (current term)
pacesetter
pacesetters
pacesetting
paceth
pacey
pacha
pachadom
pachadoms
pachak
pachaks
pachalic
pachalics
pachamanca
pachamancas

Literary usage of Paces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1906)
"S. The Enterance is 17 paces wide. From N. to S. 'tis 90 paces in Length. From E. to W. 'tis 62 paces. The Earth is aa paces thick, & aa paces high. ..."

2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"The great semidiameter of the exterior polygon is a thousand and .forty-two common paces, that is, five-hundred and twenty-one geometrical paces, ..."

3. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856: Report of Major Alfred by Alfred Mordecai, Julius Schön, Josiah Gorgas (1861)
"Out of 100 rounds, the number of hits were : At 200 paces, 164 yards, target nearly 8 feet ... At 400 paces, 328 yards, the number of hits was the same. ..."

4. Military Commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856 by Alfred Mordecai (1860)
"Out of 100 rounds, the number of hits were: At 200 paces, 104 yards, ... At 1000 paces, 820 yards,, target nearly 10 by 13 feet, 100. e At 1000 paces, ..."

5. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... enters distraught and takes tragic paces down stage; stoops down and listens for a heart throb. ..."

6. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... his brother's mare j£the was waxing of her noble might; Yea, had the course some paces further stretch'd, He had flown foremost, clean, beyond demur. ..."

7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... that might get fo far, and to prevent their looking any more after the private chamber, which is but twelve paces from this place, in which by the body ..."

8. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... Russians fell back several paces in avoidance paces*0" of this sudden lunge ; but they presently rallied, and their rally: a number of their people ..."

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