cinque : Idioms & Phrases

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cinque ports

Cinque" Ports`
Etymology
Cinque + port.
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.
Webster 1913

cinque-pace

Cinque"-pace` noun
Etymology
Cinque + pace.
Definitions
  1. A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. Obs. Nares. Shak.
Webster 1913

cinque-spotted

Cinque"-spot`ted adjective
Definitions
  1. Five-spotted. R. Shak.
Webster 1913