transcursion

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TRANSCUR'SION, noun [supra.] A rambling or ramble; a passage beyond certain limits; extraordinary deviation; as the transcursion of a comet. I am to make often transcursions into the neighboring forests as I pass along. [Note: Excursion has in a great measure superseded this word.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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