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journey-work(dictionary)
journey 1, noun(dictionary)
journey 2, verb(dictionary)

journey (iou)



journey noun & verb. ME.
[Old French jornee (mod. journee day, day's work or travel) from Proto-Romance var. of Latin diurnum daily portion, (in late Latin) day, use as noun of neut. of diurnus DIURNAL.]
A. noun.
I.
A day. ME-M17.
II.
a. The distance that can be travelled in a day (as a specific measure usu. estimated at 20 miles, approx. 32 km). ME-M16.
b. The portion of a march or expedition actually done in a day. Now rare or obsolete. L15.
An act of going from one place to another or of travelling for a specified distance or period of time; a march, a ride, a drive, etc., or a combination of these; an excursion or expedition, esp. to some distance. (Not usu. applied to sea-travel: cf. voyage). ME.
O. Henry Ninety miles it was; a six days' journey. E. R. Burroughs Within a short journey of the stamping-ground of his tribe. A. Bullock His first journey out of the United Kingdom. Nature Four journeys to the moon. M. Milner The journey would be too expensive and I thought I had done enough travelling.
b. fig. The passage through life. ME.
Dickens A quicker journey to the old man, and a swift inheritance to the young one.
c. The travelling of a vehicle along a certain route between two fixed points at a stated time. M19.
A military expedition, a campaign; occas., any military enterprise, as a siege. LME-E17.
III. A day's work.
A day's labour; a certain fixed amount of daily labour; a daily spell of work. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
A day's fighting; (the day of) a battle. Cf. DAY noun 10. ME-E17.
A day's activity or business; gen. activity, business. LME-L17.
techn. An amount of work done at one time, as in a day. LME.
b. The coinage of a certain weight of gold or silver, orig. the amount which could be coined in a day (180.0321 troy ounces of gold or 720 oz. of silver). L16.
c. Glass-making. A spell of work in which a certain quantity of raw material is converted into glass. L19.
A set of trams in a colliery. L19.
Comb.: journey-pride dial. excitement or alarm at the prospect of travelling; journey-proud adjective (dial.) excited or alarmed at the prospect of travelling; journeys accounts Law (now Hist.) the number of days (usu. fifteen) after the abatement of a writ within which a new writ might be obtained; journey-weight = sense 8b above.
b. verb.
I.
verb intrans. Go on or make a journey; travel. ME.
J. Symons Stanley journeyed up and down between London and Brighton every day. Tolkien I have journeyed in this land.
verb trans. Travel over, traverse. Now rare. M16.
II.
verb trans. Scots Law. Remand (a person); postpone (a matter in litigation); adjourn. L15-E17.
journeyer noun a person who journeys, a traveller LME.