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To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.

ourney, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.

a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.

A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.

ourse of pursuit; track of discovery. He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. Sir W. Temple.

A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.

or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. Bacon.

To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. Howitt.

Traveling on snowshoes.

One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. W. G. Beers.

A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.

Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler. [R.]

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

To spur on one' horse; to travel with great 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…

ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves. Dr. J. Campbell (E. Brown's Travels).

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

To move or travel by the agency of steam. The vessel steamed out of port. N. P. Willis.

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.

through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. Spenser. Honor travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast. Shak.

To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n. [Colloq. U.S.]