journeyn.
/ˈdʒəːni/, U.S. /ˈdʒərni/ I. Senses relating to time: a day.† 1. † b. Law. journeys accounts (medieval Latin diētæ computātæ ‘days counted’), the number of days (usually fifteen) after the abatement of a writ within which a new writ might be obtained. Obsolete.† c. An appointed day; in to give (assign) journey of battle, treaty, to agree to or fix on a day for battle or negotiation. (Cf. Old French mettre journée.) (This has associations with senses 7, 8) Obsolete.
a. A day. Obsolete.
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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun]
dayOE
journeyc1305
joura1500
dog day1669
nycthemeron1682
lunar day1686
political day1706
twenty-four1735
nycthemer1837
mail-day1844
Tag1914
c1305 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 178 Thi dawes beth i-told, thi jurneis beth i-cast.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxiii. 254 All the cytees..senden hym riche presentes so þat at þat iourneye [Fr. celle jurne] he schall haue more þan lx chariottes charged with gold and syluer.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 155 The thyrde dyshonoure was, that euery man myght..myssayne the Prynce for that Iorney.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Journee, a day or whole day.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > second or further writ > time within which new writ might be obtained
journeys accounts1613
1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 364 The writ abating for some cause that cannot be imputed to the Plaintifes folly:..himselfe bringing another with speed in the same Court against the same partie, we call it a writ purchased by Iourneys accompts.
1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 191v If it be purchased by Iournies accounts (that is to say, within as little time as hee possibly can after the abatement of the first Writ)..And fifteen dayes have been held a convenient time for the purchase of the new Writ.
1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) Journey's accounts, the shortest possible time between an abatement of one writ and the issuing of another.
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the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date
tidea900
stemOE
stevena1225
term?c1225
dayc1300
term dayc1300
stagea1325
hourc1380
setnessa1400
tryst1488
journeyc1500
big day1827
trysting day1842
c1500 Melusine (1895) 291 They had Counseyll that they shuld requyre king Vryan iourney of traytye vpon fourme of peas..And the iourney was assygned by thaccorde of bothe partes on the iiide day.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 80 I gyue you iourney of batayll at the requeste of the knight straunger on suche day that he shall assigne.
II. Senses relating to travel.† 4. A military expedition, a campaign, etc. Sometimes, Any military enterprise, as a siege. Obsolete.
2. A day's travel; the distance travelled in a day or a specified number of days.† a. simply. An ordinary day's travel, the distance usually travelled in a day. As a measure of distance, varying with the mode of travel, etc.; usually estimated in the Middle Ages at 20 miles.† c. The portion of a march or expedition actually done in one day, or accomplished each day; a stage of a journey. Obsolete or merged in sense 3.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > a day's journey
a day's gangOE
journeyc1290
dayc1390
day ganga1400
day journey?a1425
dietc1440
journal1617
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 41/234 Þis holie Man ladde þene dede forth..Fyftene Iorneies grete are day..To þe mount of Ioie.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1291 Fro bersabe iurnes two Was ðat lond ðat he bed him to [MS two].
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 154 Tancrez was fulle hend, conueied him tuo journez.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9192 Þe tune o niniue, þat was of vmgang thre iorne [Gött. jornays thrie].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xvii. 178 A 52 jorneyes fro this Lond..there is another Lond..that men clepen Lamary.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxi. 63 The most surest way is hense a .xl. iurneys, & the other is but .xv. iurneys.
b. With qualification: a (also one) day's journey = 1a; two (three, etc.) days' journey, the distance travelled in the number of days specified.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > a day's journey > specific
two (three, etc.) days' journeya1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11741 Of þritty dayes Iourney þro Þou shal haue but a day to go.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 15 Fra Beruch three day iourneez es þe cytee of Sardyne.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 200 God sente the prophete Ionas to the grete Cite of Nynyvee, wyche was a thre-dayen Iornay.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxxviijv Trent is..thre dayes Iorney on this syde Venise.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 231 A whole Day's Journy.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 261 Sending at least Twelve Days Journy for their Fuel.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 102 The King said to him, How many days' journey distant?
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > a stage in a journey
mansiona1382
journey1490
gests1550
jessa1593
stage1603
stade1616
manzil1619
skoff1785
pipe1793
leg1898
lap1932
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 156 They dyde soo moche by there iourneys that they cam to saynt Iames in Galyce.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvij They setforward the King, & by easy iorneys brought him to London.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary To Rdr. sig. ¶5 For the First Part of this Worke, it containes only a briefe narration of daily iournies.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxvii. 82 We travelled onward by short journeys.
d. The daily course of the sun through the heavens. (Now taken as figurative from 3.)
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the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [noun]
race1590
journey1613
meaning1884
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 464 The Sunne, in his daily journey round about this vast Globe.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 559 Scarce the Sun Hath finisht half his journey . View more context for this quotation
1694 M. Prior For New Year: To Sun 3 As thou dost thy radiant journies run.
1719 I. Watts Psalms of David 186 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journies run.
3. † c. transferred. Any course taken or direction followed; spec. (in making a mine), the line along which the gallery is carried. Obsolete.
a. A ‘spell’ or continued course of going or travelling, having its beginning and end in place or time, and thus viewed as a distinct whole; a march, ride, drive, or combination of these or other modes of progression to a certain more or less distant place, or extending over a certain distance or space of time; an excursion or expedition to some distance; a round of travel. Usually applied to land-travel, or travel mainly by land, in contradistinction to a voyage by sea.The normal word for this in English, often qualified by an adjective, or phrase, as a long, short, quick, slow, good, bad, cold, dangerous, difficult, easy, interesting, pleasant, prosperous, successful, tedious, uncomfortable journey; a journey by railway, railway journey, journey on foot; journey to London, to the continent, into the country, etc. Phrases: to make or undertake a journey.; to take one's journey, to set out and proceed on one's way.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun]
forec900
wayOE
farec1000
sitheOE
gangOE
journey?c1225
gatea1300
pilgrimagec1300
voyage1338
wending1340
raik?c1350
turna1400
repairc1425
went1430
reisea1450
progressionc1450
progressa1460
race1513
peregrination1548
travel1559
passance1580
dogtrot1856
trek1895
ulendo1921
?c1225 [see sense 3b].
c1375 Leg. Rood (1871) 123 When he was þus cumen hame ogayn, Of his iorne he was ful fayne.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4029 To-morwe let ous our iorne take, Hamward aȝen to ryde.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ix. 3 Whanne he made iourney, it bifel, that he cam nyȝ to Damaske.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.iiii So forth I went walkynge my iournay.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cvii. 360 Within a shorte tyme they had sayled a great iourney.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xv. f. cij Not longe after, the yonger sonne..toke his iorney into a farre countre.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxiij Kyng Edwarde..made a iorney into Kente.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 151 And at parting..they wish him a happy journey.
1649 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 149 When you arrive att your jorneyes end.
1667 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Temple in Wks. (1731) II. 42 My Sister took a very strong Fancy to a Journey into Holland.
1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 8. ⁋4 Being tired..with so many long and tedious journies.
1763 Hume in Calderwood Life (1898) viii. 139 A journey to Glasgow will be one of the first I shall undertake.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 89 When he had made his journey, and accomplished his business.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 188 On longer days of journey we started at six.
b. figurative, esp. the ‘pilgrimage’ or passage through life.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > present life
worldeOE
this lifeOE
world-lifeOE
sithea1225
journey?c1225
pilgrimagec1384
weeping-dalec1400
valec1446
peregrinationc1475
scene1662
shades1816
earth life1842
macro-world1968
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 260 Þepilegrim inworldes wei..moni þing mei letten him of his iurnee.
c1400 Rom. Rose 4993 Where Elde abit, I wol thee telle..If Deth in youthe thee not slo, Of this iourney thou maist not faile.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. ii. f. xvi That murmur and discensyon agaynst the clergye was than all redy farre gone onwarde in hys vnhappye iourney.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms ci[i]. 23 He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney.
1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 2 in Anat. Plants If we consider how long and gradual a Journey the Knowledge of Nature is.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 389 This life..is a journey, or rather one stage of our journey through matter.
1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlviii. 554 We used to toast a quicker journey to the old man, and a swift inheritance to the young one.
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the world > space > direction > [noun] > direction in which a thing extends
journey?a1560
run1671
lie1697
line of bearing1717
trend1777
lay1819
orientation1875
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > course or direction of movement
runeeOE
runningOE
pathOE
wayOE
tracea1300
coursec1380
coursec1380
racec1390
recourse?c1425
situation1517
journey?a1560
track1565
roadway1600
career?1614
direction1665
by-run1674
sensea1679
meith1726
heading1841
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxxv. sig. L iij v You may make by the former preceptes moste certeine plattes of your iorneis.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 32 (margin) The beginning and iourney of ye greatest nerue.
1591 T. Digges L. Digges's Geom. Pract. Treatize: Pantometria (rev. ed.) i. xxxvi. 51 Finde out the true distance of the place whither you meane to carrie the Mine:..how many Degrees from the East, Weast, or other principal quarters of the Heauens the iourney lyeth.
d. dialect. The load or amount carried at one journey: cf. gang n. 3.
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society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load
ladec897
seamc950
lastOE
burdena1000
charge?c1225
load?c1225
burnc1375
draughta1400
summerc1400
portage1445
pauchlea1450
fraughtc1450
freightc1503
loadinga1513
carriage1597
ballast1620
cargo1657
porterage1666
freightage1823
smalls1846
journey1859
send-off1909
payload1914
1859 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 20 ii. 314 I can..in a few hours have a journey of corn ready for market.
e. The travelling of a vehicle along a certain route between two fixed points and at a stated time.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > travelling on fixed route at stated time
journey1851
1851 Illustr. London News 25 Oct. 526/1 If they..obtained..12 passengers at 2d. each per journey, the profit would be 19s. 3d. per diem.
1878 Porcupine XX. 507/2 The conductor..shouts, ‘Journey's end.’
1908 Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 1/7 London Motor Bus Strike... The company is determined to insist on the journey system of payment.
1908 Daily Chron. 7 Jan. 4/7 ‘Payment by day’ and ‘payment by journey’.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/1 The journey-time to Glasgow is 8 ¾ h.
1954 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 55 Journey time, the overall time taken to travel between two specified points on a route, excluding the times of any stoppages other than those due to interruptions of traffic.
f. The travelling of a part of the mechanism of a machine backwards or forwards along a fixed path.
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1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted 97 The nip should make about forty journeys each way per minute.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > expedition
ferdingc1000
voyage1297
journeyc1380
hosting1422
armyc1425
hosteyingc1425
expedition1430
voyage royal1528
expedit1613
herefare1626
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 349 Þis laste journe þat Englishemen maden into Flandres.
1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 56 Your saide Lifetenaunte..made many greate jernies and hostinges uppon one of the strongest Irishe enimies of Leynstre.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. civ Thei lefte that iourney for a tyme, and returned to the Castle..and besieged thesame.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 54 The Spanish king neuer enterprised any sole iourney against the Turke.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 49 Other Deputies used to make some two or three iournies in a Summer against the rebels.
III. A day's work.figurative.1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 29 For þat nyȝtes iornay sche axede fredom for here mede.† 6. A day's doings or business. Hence, generally, Business, affair. to wish one a good journey, to wish one well through a business. Obsolete.† 7. esp. A day's performance in fighting; a battle, a fight; = day n. 13 to keep the journey, to keep the field, to continue the fight. Obsolete.† 8. A meeting held on an appointed day, esp. for public business; = diet n.2 5. Obsolete.† 10. Machinery.
5. A day's labour; hence, a certain fixed amount of daily labour; a daily spell or turn of work (see quots.). Obsolete exc. dialect. †in journey, at work as a day-labourer (obsolete).
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society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > day's work
dayworkOE
day's workOE
journey1387
darg1489
society > occupation and work > working > [adverb] > at daywork
in journey1502
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 5 When here deuer is don and his daies iourne, Þen may men wite what he is worþ.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5870 Fra þat time nedis had þai, Do tua iornays apon a day.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxx. sig. ll.vi v They the whiche holden werkemen in Iourney.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxvii Ordinaunces..against the excessiue taking of Masons..and other laborers, for their daily iorneis.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Iourney with cattell at cartynge, plowynge, opera.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Journey..Among Farmers a Days Work, in ploughing, sowing, reaping, etc.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Journey, a day's work.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Journey, a day's work at plough.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair
charec897
matter?c1225
journeya1352
affairc1390
notea1400
incident1485
concernment1495
actiona1500
business1524
concern1680
job1680
ploya1689
show1797
game1812
caper1839
pigeon dropping1850
shebang1869
hoodoo1876
racket1880
palaver1899
scene1964
a1352 L. Minot Poems iii. 9 Thare he made his mone playne..And all that land, untill this day, Fars the better for that jornay.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiv. 113 In þe meen tyme þe Grete Caan died; and forþi þe iournee chaunged efter to þe werse.
c1475 Partenay 141 Do it at your owne lesire; For all the labour and iornay is your.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2579 Euer we will be at youre will, What jurney ye will put vs tyll.
1672 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 317 The trial..stands appointed for the 2nd of May; so wish your Lordship a good journey.
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society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > continue at war
to hold, keep war or warsa1122
to keep the journeyc1330
to keep (also maintain) the field1433
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle
i-winc888
fightc893
wic897
wal-slaught?a900
fight-lacc1000
orrestlOE
battle1297
journeyc1330
warc1330
acounteringa1400
fieldc1425
engagement1665
affair1708
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 18 Adelwolf his fader saued at þat ilk iorne.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiv. l. 75 A wondirful knyht..That Al this day hath kept the Iorrnë Aȝens thy fowre batailles.
1455 W. Barker in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 156 Alle the lordes that dyed at the jorney arn beryed at Seynt Albones.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 323 He did mony a fair Iourne. On sarisenis thre derenȝenis did he.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 231 Lordes, barons, auaunce, the iourney is oure, For they may not vs escape.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxiijv The Frenchmen call this battaile the iourney of Spurres by cause they ranne away so fast on horsbacke.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 171 What crowne could haue bin gained and woon at the iourney of Cannæ.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. i. ii. 84 The Rebels lost in this iourney above 800.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of
morn-speechOE
court1154
morrow-speech1183
conventicle1382
congregation1389
plenary session1483
journeyc1500
night school1529
assession1560
general meeting1565
family meeting1638
panegyris1647
desk1691
collegea1703
annual general meeting1725
mass meeting1733
panegyre1757
plenum1772
family council1797
coterie1805
Round Table1830
GA1844
indignation meeting1848
protest meeting1852
hui1858
primary1859
Quaker meeting1861
mothers' meeting1865
sit-down1868
town hall1912
jamboree1919
protest rally1921
con1940
face-to-face1960
morning prayers1961
struggle meeting1966
be-in1967
love-in1967
plenary1969
catch-up1972
rencontre1975
schmoozefest1976
c1500 Melusine (1895) 291 Thenne came to the iourney of traytye that was assigned the saudants and theire Counseyll.
1529 J. Hackett Let. 21–22 Apr. (1971) 246 Som prolongassion of [the] journe of Spires.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 681 They hold their generall councell, called a Iourney, or a Diet.
9. A round or turn of work, such as is done at one time, in a day or a shorter space.
a. At the Royal Mint. (a) The coinage of a certain weight of gold or silver, originally representing the amount of one day's work: viz. 180.0321 Troy ounces of gold (701 sovereigns or 1402 half-sovereigns), or 720 oz. of silver. (b) The parts of the surfaces of a pair of rolls used to roll fillets down to the thickness of the coin required; supposed to have been so called because after a day's work it is necessary to select another portion of the surface owing to wear.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > quantity of coin struck
mint1579
journeya1600
journey-weight1883
strike1891
mintage1971
a1600 Harl. MS. 698 lf. 157 Of every iournie of silver contayning xxx lb. wt. tooe peaces [shall be taken].
a1600 Harl. MS. 698 lf. 169 Certaine pec's of ev'ry iorny that was coyned the same moneth.
1792 Ann. Reg. 1789 Chron. 230/2 The pix is a box kept at the Mint, into which one piece of every journey is put. A journey is the technical term for the coinage of a certain weight of gold.
1852 A. Ryland Assay of Gold & Silver 83 (note) The Trial of the Pix is an important and ceremonious proceeding... Several coins are taken at random from a certain weight, called a journey, and are assayed by the jury.
1867 Chambers's Jrnl. No. 38. 105 Every distinct melting or coinage is technically called a journey;..or rather the entire coining at one time is made up into journeys, each of one hundred and eighty ounces, or fifteen pounds of standard gold.
b. Glass-making. A round of work in the course of which a certain quantity of raw material is converted into glass.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > glass-making > [noun] > type of
lithophany1861
journey1875
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 652 This waste is first of all calcined..from 24 to 30 hours being the period of a journey..in which the materials could be melted and worked into bottles.
1886 Leeds Mercury 28 Sept. If all things were favourable a man could make 57 dozens of bottles on ‘a journey’, as it was called, in seven hours.
c. slang. A turn of work; a ‘turn’; a time or occasion.
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the world > time > frequency > [noun] > recurrence > turn
charec1000
lotc1175
throwc1275
tourc1320
wheel1422
turnc1425
tourney1523
course1530
vice1637
rubbera1643
rote1831
whet1849
journey1884
1884 Longman's Mag. V. 179 ‘Well’, said the policeman..‘as for him, he's got safe enough off, this journey!’
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a. = journal n. 10.
b. See quot. 1833. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > journal
gudgeon1400
journal1814
journey1814
axle-journal1849
1814 R. Buchanan Ess. Shafts of Mills 24 (note) Journals, or journeys, are gudgeons subject to torsion.
1823 R. Buchanan Pract. Ess. Mill-work 145 In the case of the small pinion..a much greater stress would be thrown on the journeys (or journals) of the shaft.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 226 This carriage, with the forms of types properly secured upon it, is adapted to move backwards and forwards upon steady guides or journeys.
c. A set of trams in a colliery.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > vehicle for underground haulage or transportation > set of
train1825
set1863
run1876
journey1883
jag1900
spake1935
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 144 Journey, a train or set of trams all coupled together running upon an engine plane.
1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady xxiv. 553 The ‘journey’ of trucks..was standing laden in the entrance of the mine.
1901 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 11/3 He was caught by the ‘journey’ and killed.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §043 Journey rider,.. rides on trams or tubs on haulage planes.
1921 Morning Post 29 Nov. A journey of loaded trams.
1967 Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) x. 14 Train (journey, set, trip), a number of tubs or cars coupled together.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
journey-bee n.
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1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 13 Their Clergy rouz'd from Laziness, Laid not their Charge on Journey-Bees.
journey-guider n.
journey-hack n.
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1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 327 As good a stock horse and journey hack as ever you crossed.
journey-milkman n.
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1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 216 His journey-milkmen being more or less casually hired.
journey-speed n.
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1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Aug. 1/2 This gives a mere gross ‘journey-speed’, i.e. speed including stops.
b. † journey-bated adj. Obsolete
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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 28 So are the horses of the enemie In generall iourney bated and brought low. View more context for this quotation
C2. Also journeyman n., etc.
journey-book n. an itinerary or road-book.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook
itinerarya1552
journal1552
xenagogy1576
itinerario1588
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wayfaring-book1610
itinerarium1747
guide1759
ambulator1774
guidebook1814
tour-book1824
travel guide1881
tourist guide1924
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 358 Mentioned by Antonine the Emperour in Iourney-booke.
journey-money n. travelling expenses.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance > for specific purpose
beggar-charge1652
vesturage1679
card money1688
mileage1724
necessary money1778
risk money1841
capital allowance1866
journey-money1883
1883 T. Hardy in Longman's Mag. July 266 The carter gets what is called journey-money, that is, a small sum, mostly a shilling, for every journey taken beyond the bounds of the farm.
1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 186 Here's your journey-money. Good-bye.
1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life iv. 95 You've been a long time getting your journey-money.
1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King vii. 84 Vigneti is parcelled off to Guadeloupe, supplied by his Sovereign Chief with a thousand francs journey-money.
1960 G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow v. 69 Wagoners and horsemen on long journeys..even where they had adequate journey-money,..often preferred to sleep out.
journey-pride n. dialect excitement or alarm occasioned by the prospect of travelling.
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society > travel > [noun] > excitement at prospect of
journey-pride1938
the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun] > an occasion of excitement > caused by prospect of travelling
journey-pride1938
1938 Times 21 Dec. 10/4 ‘Journey-pride’..will be familiar to your west-country readers. The adjective is still more useful, for ‘feeling-upset-physically-and-mentally-with-anticipatory-excitement-and/or-anxiety’ can all be expressed by ‘journey-proud’.
journey-proud adj.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [adjective] > excited by prospect of travelling
journey-proud1902
society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > excited by prospect of
journey-proud1902
1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. Journey-proud, excited like children, at the prospect of a journey.
1908 Daily Chron. 5 Nov. 4/7 In Cheshire,..a village good-wife, describing her farm-labourer husband's first visit to Manchester, declared that he was ‘that journey-proud that he couldn't eat a bite o' breakfast’.
1956 Sunday Times 3 June 2/6 The lengthy German phrase for holiday anxiety... People who suffered from it used to be described in Yorkshire..as being journey proud.
journey-ring n. a kind of ring-dial or portable sun-dial.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial
chilindrec1386
dialc1425
sundial1555
clocka1562
cylinder1593
horoscope1623
compass-dial1632
moon dial1664
ring dial1667
heliotrope1669
pole-dial1669
sciatheric1682
spot dial1687
polar dial1688
sun clock1737
meridian ring1839
solarium1842
journey-ring1877
scratch dial1914
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 452 A brass ring-dial, probably of the kind formerly designated as ‘journey rings’.
journey-weight n. = sense 9a.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > quantity of coin struck
mint1579
journeya1600
journey-weight1883
strike1891
mintage1971
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 483/2 The finished coins are delivered to the mint master in weights called ‘journey weights’, supposed to be the weight of coin which could be manufactured in a day when the operations of coining were performed by the hand. [Abolished 1901.]
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journeyv.
/ˈdʒəːni/, U.S. /ˈdʒərni/ I. Senses relating to travel.† 3. To take (a horse) through a journey; to ride or drive. Obsolete.† 4. intransitive. To engage in a battle. Obsolete.
1. figurative.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. TTTi The heuenly Ierusalem, to the whiche we iourney.a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 52 I would haue a good student passe and iorney through all Authors.† b. To travel by ordinary daily stages: cf. journey n. 2c. Obsolete.† c. to journey it: to make the journey. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To make or proceed on a journey; to travel.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]
nimeOE
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teec888
goeOE
i-goc900
lithec900
wendeOE
i-farec950
yongc950
to wend one's streetOE
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shakeOE
winda1000
meteOE
wendOE
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to make (also have) resortc1425
to make one's repair (to)c1425
resort1429
ayrec1440
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speer?c1450
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hent1508
persevere?1521
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to go one's ways1581
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yode1587
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey
ferec950
foundOE
sitheOE
to come upOE
comeOE
undernimc1275
to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297
travelc1300
journeyc1330
to take one's waya1375
reisea1387
to fare a waya1400
voyage1477
wayfare1534
peregrinate1593
sojourn1608
to fare a voyage1609
to journey itc1680
to take one's foot in one's hand1755
stroke1823
trek1850
peruse1895
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14071 He iorneyed þen fro land to land.
a1400–50 Alexander 2249 A gentilman full ioyles þen iornays hym after.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 976 Quhen Wallace thus throw Ȝorkschyr Iowrnat was.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. avv Thus iournait gentilly thyr cheualrouse knichtis.
1539 Bible (Great) Acts ix. 3 And when he iorneyed..he was come nye to Damasco.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 173 Satan had journied on, pensive and slow. View more context for this quotation
1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse ii. ii. 29 Think'st thou I journey'd hither, To sport with thee?
1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 54 He..journeyed south and settled at Clonmacnoise.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > travel by daily stages
journey1756
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 4 Finding that journying was too little exercise, we took post horses in our own chaise at Belfoord.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey
ferec950
foundOE
sitheOE
to come upOE
comeOE
undernimc1275
to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297
travelc1300
journeyc1330
to take one's waya1375
reisea1387
to fare a waya1400
voyage1477
wayfare1534
peregrinate1593
sojourn1608
to fare a voyage1609
to journey itc1680
to take one's foot in one's hand1755
stroke1823
trek1850
peruse1895
c1680 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 333 After that time it will be too late to journey it.
2. transitive. To travel, traverse. ? Obsolete.
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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground
runeOE
overcomeOE
meteOE
through-gangOE
passc1300
to pass over ——c1300
overpassc1325
tracec1381
travela1393
traverse?a1400
travelc1400
measure?a1425
walkc1450
go1483
journey1531
peragrate1542
trade1548
overspin1553
overtrace1573
tract1579
progress1587
invade1590
waste1590
wear1596
march1606
void1608
recovera1625
expatiate1627
lustrate1721
do1795
slip1817
cover1818
clear1823
track1823
itinerate1830
betravel1852
to roll off1867
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xi. sig. Evv Realmes, cities, sees, ryuers, and mountaynes, that..can nat be iournaide and pursued.
1720 J. Gay Dione i. i, in Poems II. 434 When..the pale moon had journey'd half the skies.
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. vi. 325 In a palmer's weeds arrayed,..I journeyed many a land.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride (a horse) on a journey
journey1590
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a horse-drawn vehicle > take a horse through a journey by driving
journey1590
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. Iv You shal haue bits, And harnest like my horses, draw my coch... I shall haue occasion shortly to iourney you.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 408 The paines..breedeth in the pasternes for lacke of cleane keeping and good rubbing after the horse hath beene iournied.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle
to come togetherOE
to lay togetherc1275
smitec1275
to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297
joustc1330
meetc1330
copec1350
assemblea1375
semblea1375
coup?a1400
to fight togethera1400
strikea1400
joinc1400
to join the battle1455
to commit battle?a1475
rencounter1497
to set ina1500
to pitch a battlea1513
concura1522
rescounter1543
scontre1545
journey1572
shock1575
yoke1581
to give in1610
mix1697
to engage a combat1855
to run (or ride) a-tilt1862
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 485 Haue he grace to the gre in ilk Iornaying.
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5. transitive (Royal Mint.) To weigh or count coins into ‘journeys’: see journey n. 9a.
II. Senses relating to adjourning or deferring.† 6. Scottish. transitive. To remand (a person) for justice, or put off (a matter in litigation) to another day; to adjourn. Cf. jorn v. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > adjourn
continue1469
journey1478
replait1561
1478 Acta Audit. (1839) 75/2 Þai war lauchfully Journait to the ferd court before hir bailȝe.
1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 302/1 James lord of abernethy..protestit It sulde turne him to na preiudice quhill he wer ordourly Journayit.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 106 Quhatsomever parte be journeyed in quhatsomeuer Court, and the Baillie of that Court assignes ane certaine day and steid to them, for to receaue fulfilling of judgement, or dome be them asked.
Derivatives
ˈjourneyed adj. travelled.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > much travelled
travelledc1450
well-travelledc1450
journeyed1553
traced1632
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 86 Some farre iourneid ientlemen at their returne home..wil pouder their talke wt ouersea language.
ˈjourneying adj.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective]
wendingOE
travelling1340
cursory1606
peregrinating1611
passantc1710
journeying1739
trekking1850
1739 G. Ogle Gualtherus & Griselda 21 A Fairer, not the journeying Sun surveys.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 2 The journeying atoms..Firmly draw, firmly drive, By their animate poles.
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