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