Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tour"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Tower}.]
A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Turn}, v. t.]
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.
--Milton.

2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly
bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore.

3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a
turn; as, a tour of duty.

Syn: Journey; excursion. See {Journey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tour \Tour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Touring}.]
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tour
n 1: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or
area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a
quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of
the island" [syn: {circuit}]
2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by
someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: {go},
{spell}, {turn}]
3: a period of time spent in military service [syn: {enlistment},
{hitch}, {term of enlistment}, {tour of duty}, {duty tour}]
v : make a tour of a certain place


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