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/ɪkskˈərʒən/ Listen

noun

Excursion n.

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

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

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

(Mach.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. (An awkward use of the word.)

Synonyms: Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... excursion was more successful than Jerry's gloomy hints gave ground for anticipating. The boys brought back so many fish that thrifty Peggy racked her brains to find ways of disposing of them all. Jerry, for ...

— Peggy Raymond's Vacation - or Friendly Terrace Transplanted • Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith

... we went out with the intention of making an excursion of the lake, in boats that had been prepared for our reception by tying three or four fishing canoes together;[12] but, on reaching the ridge of quartz hills which runs along the south-east side, we preferred moving ...

— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman

... and the Nuanu Valley, and bathed and drunk cocoa-nut milk at Waikiki, you will be ready for a charming excursion—the ride around the Island of Oahu. For this you should take several days. It is most pleasantly made by a party of three or four persons, and ladies, if they can sit in the saddle at all, can very well ...

— Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands • Charles Nordhoff

... board all this day to arrange the collection of plants and birds which we had made on our first excursion, and which was far from despicable, considering the small size of the island. The natives continued to crowd about our vessels in a number of canoes, whilst many were swimming to and from the shore, who were probably not rich enough to possess a canoe. Among the great numbers who surrounded ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14 • Robert Kerr

... attractions for the gardener, and this drew his laggard steps from their idle excursion, back to the freshly spaded spot enriched by leaf mould, and carefully picketed against the incursions of scratching hens. Here he busied himself in planting lettuce seed, forgetful of Scipio, who lolled sleepily in the shadow of ...

— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable

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