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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.

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

.] Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.

n; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.

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

Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

squerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.

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

A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust. [U.S.]

A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder. Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.…

raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.

nts, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

nt; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. I am most…

Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.

ith the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.…

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.

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.]