Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRANS-CUR'SION
TRANS-CUR'SION, n. [supra.]
A rambling or ramble; a passage beyond certain limits; extraordinary deviation; as, the transcursion of a comet. More. I am to make often transcursions into the neighboring forests as I pass along. Howell. [Excursion has in a great measure superseded this word.]
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