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wer. The opininon of the most skillful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." Macaulay.

e tears, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey.

tion of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

pelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. -- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. -- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.

opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.

One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. [Written also firmaun.]

er than she upon her love. Shak. You are as fond of grief as of your child. Shak. A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. Irving.

Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

A traveler's handbag. [Colloq.]

To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler. I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court. Shak.

A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.

A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

ear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.

An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.

A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

A traveler.

A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.