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   Excursion . [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.]
   A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
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   Far on excursion toward the gates of hell.
   Milton.
   
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   They would make excursions and waste the country.
   Holland.
   
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   A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
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   A wandering from a subject; digression.
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   I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions.
   Cowper.
   
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   (Mach.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
   Syn. -- Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.
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