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

Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.

That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell.

ertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.

"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." Shak. [Æneas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum…

A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.

on stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also, an explosion in the exhaust passages of such ah engine.

The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

en wagon with two or more seats. -- Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions.

g bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.

a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.