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track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.

at expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. "Now spurs the lated traveler." Shak. The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fight, confess their fear. Dryden. The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes of yeomen, spurring hard to Westminster. Macaulay. Some bold men,…

A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.

ons at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners).

The shoveler. [Local, U.S.]

ek. xix. 1. (d) To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to replace; as, to take up raveled stitches; specifically (Surg.), to fasten with a ligature. (e) To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, to take up the time; to take up a great deal of room. (f) To take permanently. "Arnobius asserts that men of the fi…

A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.

Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.

wed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail. They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail. Cooper. How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! Shak.

A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. Halliwell.

ory of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

To force to journey. [R.] They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. Spenser.

for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler. Locked up in chests and trunks. Shak.

Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." Dryden.

The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.

Revelers; roysterers. [Obs.] Decker.