Lavolta

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lavolt \La*volt"\, Lavolta \La*vol"ta\, n. [It. la volta the
     turn, turning, whirl. Cf. {Volt} of a horse, {Volta}.]
     An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in
     which the woman made a high spring or bound. --Shak.
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