travel 
How difficult it was to '/" ' lirir no license inailc it 
ate, where no preparation* in mad*, inns r;irrhii;.'. made 
it convenient. /' ','"'"". -'>!' " 
3. Specifically, to make ;i journey or ^o uhoiit 
from place to place for the purpose of takini; 
orders for goods, collecting accounts. etc., for 
a commercial limise. 
Brown Brothers, of Snow Hill, were substantial pmplc, 
md Mr Sncngkeld travelled in strict accordance with tin 
good old rales of trade. ;,.//./<<, >rley Kami. ii. 
4. Iii nii'i-li.. to traverse: move over a Hxeil 
distance, as a in. .\.-il.le part of a iiiiicliine. Sr. 
i fit nl. a.. "). 5. To proceed or advance in any 
way; pass from one point to another; move; 
wander: as, his eye traveled over the landscape ; 
also, to move at a specified gait, pace, or rate: 
as. that horse Iran-Is ivi'le. 
Time traeeli In divers paces with diver* persons. 
WE, As you Like it, lit. S. 32(1. 
News travelled with Increase from mouth to mouth 
/'";*', Temple of Fame, 1. 474. 
The home manufacture of gas ... is a part of the in- 
ventor's scheme which does not entirely depend for suc- 
cess upon the power of gas to travel. Ifre, Met, II. 68*. 
6. To walk. [Colloq.] 7. To move onward 
in feeding; browse from one point to another: 
Kaid of deer, etc. 
If the deer is travelling, as It is called, one has to walk 
much faster, and scan the ground as best he can. 
Sporteman't gazetteer, p. 88. 
To sue, labor, and travel. Hee i. To travel bod- 
kin sh<prflriiii. To travel dak. See do*. To travel 
out Of the record, to stray from the point, or from the 
prescribed or authorized line of discussion. 
I have travelled out nf Hit record, sir, I am aware, in 
putting the point to you. Dickent, Little Dorrltj II. !. 
Traveling-apron oven. See oven. 
II. trail*. If. To harass; trouble; plague; 
torment. 
If a man he traueylid with a feend, and may not be de- 
lyuerid fro him, let* him drinke a llt.il quantite of oure 5 
essence. Book nf Qviitte Knence (ed. Fnrnivall), p. 19. 
Such a distemper as travailed me at Paris : a fever, ami 
dysentery. Donne, Letters, xxivil. 
As If all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail 
the realm, a great division fell among the nobility. 
Hayivard. (Johruon.) 
2. To journey through; pass over; make the 
tour of: as, 'to travel the whole kingdom of 
England. 
These, and a thousand more such sleights, have hy- 
pocrisie learned by travailing strange countries. 
ffaihe, Pierce Penilessc, p. 68. 
He had subsequently travelled New England and the 
Middle States, as a peiiler, In the employment of a Con- 
necticut manufactory of cologne-waterand other essences. 
Haiethorne, Seven Gables, xii. 
3. To cause or force to journey, or move from 
place to place. 
They (the corporations) shall not be travelled forth of 
their own franchises. Speiaer, State of Ireland. 
Their horses are but smal, but very swift & hard ; they 
tratiell them vnshod both winter and Sornmer. 
llaltlvyt't Voyayet, I. 479. 
Landholders, most of whom are owners of sheep which 
have to be travelled twice a year. 
W. Shepherd, Prairie Experiences, p. 152. 
traveled, travelled (trav'eld), p. a. [Pp. of 
travel, r.] It. Harassed; tormented; fretted. 
It is here to he understoode, euerie yoke naturally to 
bee heaule, sharpe, harde, and painefull : and the beast 
that draweth the same goeth txmnd and travelled. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1677), p. 47. 
2. Worked over; turned up with the spade; 
tilled. 
"It's travelled earth, that," said Edie; "It howks sac 
eithly. I ken it weel, for ance I wrought a simmer wi' 
nld Will Winnett, the bedral, and howkit mair graves 
than ane In my day." Scott, Antiquary, Mill. 
3. Having made journeys ; having gone, or 
having been carried, to distant points or coun- 
tries : as, traveled Madeira is highly prized. 
From Latian syrens, French Clrcjean feasts, 
Return well travell'd, and transform 'd to beasts. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, I. vl. 123. 
One whose Arab face was tanned 
By tropic sun and boreal frost, 
So travelled there was scarce a land 
Or people left him to exhaust. 
Whittier, Tent on the Beach. 
4. Having gained knowledge or experience by 
labor or travel; hence, experienced; knowing. 
I am not much travelled in the history of modern times. 
Fielding. (Imp. IHrt.) 
A man of fashion, too, he made his tour, 
Learn'd vive la bagatelle, et vivc rumour ; 
So travell'd monkeys their grimace Improve. 
-, A sketch. 
644.' 
It MliiTcfoiv in. umalbeneflte that suchc person. 
to a common w.ili-, hii'li are willingly trauail'n in thi* 
kinib- ..I writing. I'ri-f. t" K. Mdw. \ 1. 
2. One who or that which travels in any way: 
one who makes a journey, or who is on his way 
from place to pla.-e; a wayfarer; one who or 
that which L'ets over the ground: as. his horse 
is a good tnin-li-r. 
() traveller, stay thy weary feet, 
Drink of this fountain pure and sweet. 
Loii-ii'H '. Inscription on Drinking Fountain at shunk 
lin Isle of Wight. 
3. One who journeys to foreign lands; one who 
visits strange countries and people. 
When a traveller retumeth home, let him not lean tin 
coiinlri.-* h<-rc he hath travelled altogether behind him, 
but maintain a correspondence by letters. 
Bacon, Travel (ed. 1887). 
sometimes we had rather believe a traveller'* lie than 
go to disprove him. Donne, Letters, xvll. 
4. A person who travels for a mercantile linn 
to solicit orders for goods, collect accounts, and 
the like. Also called commercial traveler, and 
formerly riili-r. 
John Kenneby . . . had at last got Into the house of 
Hubbies and (Jrease, and had risen to be their bookkeep- 
er. He had once been tried by them as a traveller, hut In 
that line he had failed. Trollope, Orley Farm, xxiv. 
traverse 
traveling-cabinet (trav'el-in-kab i-net 
A small chc-t o! drawers, of which the draw i- 
nnd other compartment* are secured by outer 
doors, and which could be carried easily by a 
man on hor-eback or in other ways. Cabinet* 
of this kind were common in the seventeenth 
cenliirv. and were often richly decoi 
traveling-cap (truv'el-ing-kapi. . A soft cap 
of a I'oi'in convenient for travel. 
traveling-Carriage (trav'cl-ing-kar aj;. M. A 
lar^'o and heavy four-wheeled carriage, fitted 
with imperials 'and a rumble, and used for 
journeys before the introduction of railway*. 
Lucy and Mr. Talboyn cantered gaily along: Mr. Foun- 
tain rolled after In a phaeton ; the travelling carriage came 
last. C. Jleade, Love me Little, x. 
traveling-chest (travVl-ing-chest),. A coffer 
or large box, often richly decorated, made for 
containing personal property on a journey. 
traveling-convert (trav'el-ing-ko-var'), n. \ 
set of WOW utensils, as knife, fork, spoon, and 
drinking-cup, made to pack closely, for use in 
traveling. The longer articles were sometimes made 
so as to separate Into two parts, or with hinges hy which 
they could be closed together for convenience In packing. 
traveling-dress (trav'el-ing-dres), . A dretts 
if plain and serviceable material and commo- 
(1) An iron ring or thimble ntted to traverse freely on ' "'ifmYorlr'Eveni'na Port, April 28, 181. 
a rope, spar, or metal rod, and used for various purposes 
on shipyard. (2) A rod fastened to the deck on which travelled, traveller, etc. See (rONMO, etc. 
[Early mod. E. also 
<. triiralliiiix, triirnl- 
travail, labor: see 
Irani. . ] Laborious; toilsome. 
We are accustomed In the begynnynge of dyggynge of 
mynes especially to caule for the grace of god that it may 
please hym to be present* with his ayde to owre doubtfull 
and traualivtu (read tranailmu] woorke. 
tt. Kden, tr. of Vanducclo Blringuccio (First Books on 
(America, ed. Arber, p. 357). 
track in a stone-yard, workshop, etc. It Is often used 
with a differential pulley for raising and moving heavy 
weights, and Is a device of the nature of the traveling 
crane. See third cut under pulley, (c) In ring-tpiiiHtwi, 
a small met*! ring or loop used to guide the yum in wind- 
ing it upon the spindle, (d) Theat., moving mechanism 
aliove the stage for carrying fairies and apparitions. 
Commercial traveler. See def. 4. Ring-and- trav- 
eler spinner, same as ring-frame. To tip the trav- travel-soiled ( trav'el-soild), a. Same as traetl- 
eler, to humbug : in allusion to travelers' tales or yarns. g ^,,' wc ,/_ 
ISlang.] ' All dripping from the recent Hood, 
"I'd rather see you dead than brought to such a dllem- Panting and traerl-ioil'd he stood, 
ina." " Mayhap thou wquldst," answered the uncle; "for Scott, L. of the L, III. 21. 
'" travel-Stained (trav'el-stand), a. Having the 
\t, Sir L. Greaves, vl. (Davies.) clothes, etc., stained with the marks of travel. 
Traveler's hut, the quarters provided on every Austin- travel-taintedt (trav'el-tan'ted), . Same as 
him station for persons traveling on the road who are not trarcl-xtilincd. 
of a class to be asked to the squatter's house, such as j have founilered , ll|le KOK am , ojj p^ts ; and here, 
stockmen and swagmen. [Australia.] . . , travel-tainted as I am, have, in my pure and immaculate 
traveler s-joy (trav'el-erz-joi), . The virgin s- val , )Ur takcn slr ., onn c<)le yiiie. 
bower, Clematis Fitalba : so named as climbing Shall., > Hen. IV., lv. 3. 40. 
over hedges and adorning the way. Thlsisavig- travel-worn (trav'el-worn), a. Fatigued and 
orous species, with a woody stem sometimes as thick as the "" , , \ t limr 
wrist, and widely climbing branches. Its inner bark Is ' 
used in Switzerland for straining milk; the slender shoots From all that elegant crowd of travellers he . . . picked 
in France serve to bind fagots ; while the young tips are 
sometimes pickled. An infusion of the roots and stems in 
tolling oil is a successful application for itch. Also called 
lady'i-botrer. See cut under virgin' n-tmcer. 
One [cottage], . . . summer-blancb'd. 
Was parcel-bearded with the traveler 'I-JMJ 
us out, the only two In the least disreputable and travel- 
, TO . Harper Sag., LXXVII. 404. 
An obsolete variant 
In Autumn, parcel Ivy-clad. 
Tennyion, Aylmer s t ield. 
traveler's-tree (trav'el-erz-tre), M. A tree of 
Madagascar, Kavcnnla Madagascttncnsis : thus 
named as furnishing drink from its hollow leaf- 
stalks. See Sareiiala. 
traveling, travelling (trav'el-ing), . [V erbal 
n. of travel, r.] It. The act of laboring; la- 
bor; toil. 
He ... wolde Ich reneyede begging 
And lyvede by my traveylyng. 
Horn, of the Rote, 1. 6788. 
traverst, , and adv. 
of traremc. 
traversable (trav'er-sa-bl), a. [< traverse + 
-ablr.") 1. Capable of being traversed or 
crossed. 
Most of Toledo Is travenaMe only for pedestrians and 
donkeys. I.athrop, Spanish Vistas, p. 86. 
2. Capable of being traversed or denied: as, 
a traverxablc allegation. 
As to presentments of petty offences in the town or leet, 
lx>rd Mansfleld has said thatH cannot be true that they are 
not travermble anywhere. 
Sir J. T. Coleridge, Note on Blackstone's Com., IV. xxiil. 
3. In lav (of an allegation in pleading), such 
that traveling or denying entitles to trial as 
2. The act of making a journey, especially in ftn jggue , g^ fts distinguished from an alle- 
foreign countries 
gation which is not material, or which relates 
traveler, traveller (trav'el-er), . [< ME. trar- 
aillour,<OF. travaillem; F. traraUleur, a labor- 
er. toiler, < travailler, labor: see travel.} If. A 
toiler; laborer; worker. 
trartrsaunt. 
traverse: 
see traverse, v., a'nd^cf. traiwersant.] Cross; 
thwart; unfavorable. 
Thou hast a domlnacloun trartnaunt. 
Wythowte nnmbre doyst thon greeve. 
MS. Cantab, fl. I. 6, f. 137. (HaUiuell.) 
1. traverse (trav'ers), a. and w. [< ME. trovers, 
itinerant; peuuimg. < OF. tn.vers F. (rarer*, lying across, thwart. 
By and by there's the travelling doctor gives pills, lets transverse (trarers, m., a breadth, in mod. r . 
y bim,,l draws t'eth Bnwninj, Up at a villa, irregularity, etc., traverse, t., a cross-bar, cross- 
road, etc.), = Pr. tracers, transfers = Sp. trn- 
vesio = Pg. travesso = It. travenso, < L. tn- 
SMS, traHfrerxu*. lying across, transverse: see 
traiigverxe, of which traverse is a doublet.] I. 
a. 1. Situated or acting across or athwart: 
thwart; transverse; crossing. 
Trees . . . hewen downe, and Uyde trauert, one ouer 
another. Bernert, tr. of Froistart's Chron., II. clxixri. 
The paths cut with iracrrne trenches much encum- 
bered the carriages. *'"' J. Haytc*rd. 
separatii 
3. Motion of any kind; change of place; pas- 
sage. 
The mains in the streets are nearly five miles In length, 
and the gas is said to bear travelling through this length 
of pipe very well. Ure, Diet., II. &88. 
traveling, travelling (trav'el-ing), />. . 
Itinerant; peddling. 
2. Movable; moving: as, a travelling crane. 
See crone 2 , 1. 3. Xaut., movable from place 
to place on a traveler Traveling backstays. See 
badrttai/. Traveling elder, see elderi, 5 (<). - Travel- 
Ing forge, g_auntree, post-office, etc. See the nouns, 
traveling-bag (trav'el-ing-bag), . A bag or 
wallet, usually of leather, for carrying neces- 
saries on a journey: sometimes provided with 
a special set of toilet articles, and then known 
in the trade as a fitted bag. 
