EXCURSIONS

Noun

excursions

plural of excursion

Source: Wiktionary


EXCURSION

Ex*cur"sion. Etym: [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.]

1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

3. A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.

4. (Mach.)

Definition: Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Syn.

– Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.

EXCURSION

Ex*cur"sion. Etym: [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.]

1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

3. A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.

4. (Mach.)

Definition: Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Syn.

– Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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