Obs. [f. CANARY sb. 1.] intr. To dance the canary; to dance in a lively way.
1588. Shaks., L. L. L., III. i. 12. To ligge off a tune at the tongues end, canarie to it with the feete.
1812. W. Tennant, Anster Fair, III. ii. The saffron-elbow’d Morning up the slope Of heaven canaries in her jewell’d shoes. Ibid., IV. lxxxi. Hoar-hair’d men … Canary in unconscionable rage.
