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The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

ealth; also, a local court. [Hist.] To which folkmote they all with one consent Agreed to travel. Spenser.

er than she upon her love. Shak. You are as fond of grief as of your child. Shak. A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. Irving.

Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. [R.] Burke.

A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.

joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.

The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A traveler's handbag. [Colloq.]

be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.

To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler. I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court. Shak.

A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.

A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.

pecially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.

ear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.

or plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.

A highway; a much travele

and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.