caracole

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The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole .

From Time Magazine Archive

He began to rear and caracole as if he were about to suffer transformation into a colt.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she found herself alone, she let her pony prance and caracole under a great pear-tree, and inwardly chafed against Anton.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

Sunshine revisited the countenance of Master Jeremy Sparrow; he swung his great body into the saddle, gathered up the reins, and made the mare to caracole across the path for very joy.

From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary

"Here is a brave victory," snorted Von Donck; and he gave vent to his delight by turning a caracole upon the forehead of the giant.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John