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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSCURSION

n.[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[Note: Excursion has in a great measure superseded this word. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRANSCURSION

Trans *cur "sion, n. Etym: [Cf. L. transcursio a passing over. See Transcur. ]

 

Defn: A rambling or ramble; a passage over bounds; an excursion. [Obs. ] Howell.