Pas \Pas\, n. [F. See Pace.]
   1. A pace; a step, as in a dance. --Chaucer.
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   2. Right of going foremost; precedence. --Arbuthnot.
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	pas
    n 1: (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)

	

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	PASS. In the slave states this word signifies a certificate given by the 
master or mistress to a slave, in which it is stated that he is permitted to 
leave his home, with the authority of his master or mistress. The paper on 
which such certificate is written is also called a pass.