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A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

ress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

ispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

querades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.

A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust. [U.S.]

A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder. Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.…

ts, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

t; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. I am most…

th the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.…

A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.

which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.

of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

ecially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.

The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.

A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] -- Ho"bo*ism (#), n.

A man who is skilled in traveling upon ice, as among glaciers.