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Lope :: Lope (n.) An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps..

Romp :: Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

Bissextile :: Bissextile (a.) Pertaining to leap year.

Curvet :: Curvet (n.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once..

Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence..

Lope :: Lope (imp.) of Leap.

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.

Hop :: Hop (n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring..

Leaper :: Leaper (n.) One who, or that which, leaps..

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..

Flea :: Flea (n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix..

Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..

Saltant :: Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc..

Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (a.) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.

Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.

Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge..

Exsiliency :: Exsiliency (n.) A leaping out.

Insult :: Insult (v. i.) To leap or jump.

Prosiliency :: Prosiliency (n.) The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.

Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

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