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A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.…

level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition.

or writings, without the permission of the author. They advertised they would pirate his edition. Pope.

ed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition. God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. M. R. Smith.

With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste. Shak.

Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.

, of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.

One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.

rovokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition. Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things. Shak.

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.

down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.

To go on a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer.

- To ride hard (Naut.), to pitch violently. -- To ride out. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] -- To ride to hounds, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting.

To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. Johnson.

dy, of saints; saints, considered collectively. It was supposed he felt no call to anu expedition that might sainthood. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.

To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. Fuller.

ous tale. -- To spin hay (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. -- To spin street yarn, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.]