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One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.

t; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house. (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers. -- To put up a job, to arrange a plot. [Slang]

for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. Sir W. Scott.

, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and travelers' rests." J. H. Newman. In dust our final rest, and native home. Milton. Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deut. xii. 9.

Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler. [Eng.]

A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.

A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.

A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.

Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler. [R.]

e track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.

reat expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. "Now spurs the lated traveler." Shak. The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fight, confess their fear. Dryden. The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes of yeomen, spurring hard to Westminster. Macaulay. Some bold men…

To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.

tions at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners).

A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.

A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. Halliwell.

story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.

, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler. Locked up in chests and trunks. Shak.

but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.