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Excur
(gcide) | Excur \Ex*cur"\v. i. [L. excurrere. See Excurrent.]
To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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Excur
(gcide) | Excur \Ex*cur"\v. i. [L. excurrere. See Excurrent.]
To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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Excurrent
(gcide) | Excurrent \Ex*cur"rent\, a. [L. excurrens, p. p. of excurrere,
excursum, to run out; ex out + currere to run. See
Current.]
1. Running or flowing out; as: (Bot.) Running or extending
out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond
the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which
continues to the top.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Characterized by a current which flows outward;
as, an excurrent orifice or tube.
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Excurse
(gcide) | Excurse \Ex*curse"\, v. t. [See excurrent.]
To journey or pass thought. [R.]
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Excursion
(gcide) | Excursion \Ex*cur"sion\ [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See
Excurrent.]
1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
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Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. --Milton.
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They would make excursions and waste the country.
--Holland.
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2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief
tour; as, an excursion into the country.
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3. A wandering from a subject; digression.
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I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore
make no excursions. --Cowper.
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4. (Mach.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An
awkward use of the word.]
Syn: Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.
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Excursionist
(gcide) | Excursionist \Ex*cur"sion*ist\, n.
One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
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Excursive
(gcide) | Excursive \Ex*cur"sive\, a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as,
an excursive fancy.
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The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I.
Taylor.
-- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness,, n.
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Excursively
(gcide) | Excursive \Ex*cur"sive\, a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as,
an excursive fancy.
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The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I.
Taylor.
-- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness,, n.
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Excursiveness
(gcide) | Excursive \Ex*cur"sive\, a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as,
an excursive fancy.
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The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I.
Taylor.
-- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness,, n.
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Excursus
(gcide) | Excursus \Ex*cur"sus\, n. [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See
Excurrent.]
A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and
containing a more extended exposition of some important point
or topic.
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lunar excursion module
(gcide) | LEM \LEM\, LEM \L.E.M.\n. [acronym from Lunar Excursion Module.]
(Astronautics)
A lunar excursion module, a spacecraft designed to
transport people from a command module in orbit around the
moon to the surface of the moon and back again.
Syn: lunar excursion module, lunar module.
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