Trav"el , n.
1. The act
of traveling, or journeying from place to
place; a journey.
With long travel I am
stiff and weary.
Shak. His travels ended at his country seat.
Dryden.
2. pl. An account, by a
traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as,
a book of
travels; -- often used as
the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.
3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a
reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.
4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
Trav"el (?), v. t. 1. To
journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent. "I travel this profound." Milton.
2.
To force to journey. [R.]
They shall not be
traveled forth of their own
franchises.
Spenser.
Trav"el (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveled (?) or
Travelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or
Travelling.]
[Properly, to labor, and
the same word as travail.] 1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] Hooker.
2. To go or march on foot; to walk;
as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
3. To pass by riding, or in
any manner, to a distant
place, or to
many places; to journey; as, a
man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.
4. To pass; to go; to move.
Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
Shak.
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