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• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)  , one See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement of the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg in walking; hence used of the amount of ground covered by each single movement, or generally of the See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed at which anything moves . The word is also used of a measure of distance, taken from the position of one See also:

• FOOT

foot to that of the other in making a single " See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

pace," i.e. from 2'i ft . (themilitary pace) to r yard . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman passus was reckoned from the position of the back foot at the beginning of the pace to the position of the same foot at the end of the movement, i.e . 5 Roman feet, 58•r See also:

• ENGLISH

English inches, hence the Roman mile, mille passus=1646 yards . For pacing in See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-racing see HORSE-RACING .