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A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly.

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.

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

path. Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others. Nott.

he conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.

land slopes to its watery bourn. Cowper. The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns. Shak. Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. Wordsworth. To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. Tyndall.

The shoveler. See Shoveler.

litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey]

A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.

haucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers pass away the time.

A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.

Parior caretc. , (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.

A mile traveled by a single car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.

A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

One who carouses; a reveler.

A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

tious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.