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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Excursion \Ex*cur"sion\ [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.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.] Syn: Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See {Journey}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excursion n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: {jaunt}, {outing}, {junket}, {pleasure trip}, {expedition}, {sashay}] 2: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: {digression}]
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