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Webster 1913 Edition
Excursion
Ex-cur′sion
.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 country3.
A wandering from a subject; digression.
I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no
excursions
. Cowper.
Syn. – Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See
Journey
. Webster 1828 Edition
Excursion
EXCUR'SION
,Noun.
1.
A rambling; a deviating from a stated or settled path.She in low numbers short excursions tries.
2.
Progression beyond fixed limits; as, the excursions of the seasons into the extremes of heat and cold.3.
Digression; a wandering from a subject or main design.4.
An expedition or journey into a distant part; any rambling from a point or place, and return to the same point or place.