From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
excursion
n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
sashays into the field" [syn: jaunt, outing,
junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
2: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn:
digression]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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