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Tour   /tʊr/   Listen
noun
Tour  n.  A tower. (Obs.)


Tour  n.  
1.
A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. "The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour."
2.
A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. (Obs.)
3.
(Mil.) Anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Synonyms: Journey; excursion. See Journey.


verb
Tour  v. i.  (past & past part. toured; pres. part. touring)  To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.





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... years 8,000 cases have come before us. Nine out of every ten have been adjusted by our eight picked arbitrators, who tour the state, visiting promptly each scene of an accident and adjusting the compensation as quickly as possible. The tenth case, which requires a lengthier or more painstaking hearing, ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
... ancient! how did you like our tour through the mountains. (EARL HENRY sits down on the ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... having left the water side, lit a cigarette, and proceeded to make a moody tour of the grounds. He felt aggrieved with the world. One is never at one's best and sunniest when a rival has performed a brilliant and successful piece of cutting-out work beneath one's very eyes. Something of a jaundiced tinge stains one's outlook on life ...
— The Gem Collector • P. G. Wodehouse
... I will; rely on me for that. I shouldn't be surprised if I get the capitalists who are backing up my opera to give you the advertisements of the tour, and I'll do all I can in my spare time. But I feel sure you'll want another man—only, you must pay him well and give him a good commission. It'll pay best in the long run to have a good man, there are so ...
— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill
... time when Mr. Plimsoll was vigorously pushing his investigations into the causes for so many vessels foundering, he went to Braila and Galatz, and examined every English steamer he was allowed to visit. Some owners, hearing that he was on a tour of investigation, instructed their captains not to allow him admittance; and I heard at the time that these instructions in some cases were rudely carried out. One forenoon he paid a casual visit to the steamer "A——," and entered into conversation with a person whom he assumed to be the commander. ...
— Windjammers and Sea Tramps • Walter Runciman


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