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Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

pedestrian for automatically making a topographical record of the ground covered during a journey.

fying accuracy." Sir W. Scott. And petrify a genius to a dunce. Pope. The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of what he was doing. De Quincey. A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition. G. Eliot.

To journey; to wander; to ramble. [R.] Grew. Carlyle.

The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life. Shak. The days of the years of my pilgrimage. Gen. xlvii. 9.

Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1.

A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys. Thackeray.

iolence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict. Back to his sight precipitates her steps. Glover. If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. Bacon.

go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. If thou proceed in this thy insolence. Shak.

A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. The king being returned from his progresse. Evelyn.

ffirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to. Fiercely [they] opposed My journey strange, with clamorous uproar Protesting fate supreme. Milton. To protest a bill or note (Law), to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage…

To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison. They were provisioned for a journey. Palfrey.

epared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When she redy was." Chaucer.

ng, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.

A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.] With easy roads he came to Leicester. Shak.

Sabbath. -- Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.

The frame of a saddle. For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. Cowper.

m hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.

A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

attack. Bacon. Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. Shak. -- To set out, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set out in life or the world. -- To set to, to apply one's self to. -- To set up. (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up i…