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To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. "Marauding hosts." Milman.

ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] Bartlett.

To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc. [Loosely & Colloquially] To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] Shak.

The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.

An excursion. [Obs.] Florio.

A riding out; an excursion. [R.]

An excursion. [Obs.] "Outrodes by the ways of Judea." Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).

y, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. "A predatory war." Macaulay.

A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift.

A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. He may take a range all the world over. South.

The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.] A think of giving her a run in London. Dickens.

A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track. Locke.

enemies of God's grace." South. To strike out. (a) To start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike out into an irregular course of life. (b) To strike with full force. (c) (Baseball) To be put out for not hitting the ball during one's turn at the bat. -- To strike up, to commence to play as a musician;…

a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. Milton.