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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Tower.]
A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
--Milton.
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2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly
bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore.
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3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a
turn; as, a tour of duty.
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Syn: Journey; excursion. See Journey.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet 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; "We toured the Provence this
summer"

Moby Dictionary
air lane , ambit , anchor watch , antenna tower , assignment , barbican ,
beat , belfry , bell tower , bit , booking , borscht circuit , bout ,
campaign , campanile , circle , circuit , colossus , column ,
continuous tenure , course , cruise , cupola , cycle , date , day shift ,
derrick , dogwatch , dome , drive , engagement , enlistment , excursion ,
expedition , fare , fire tower , flight path , full circle , full time ,
globe-trot , go , go abroad , go on safari , go overseas , grand tour ,
graveyard shift , half time , hit the trail , hitch , itinerary , jaunt ,
journey , junket , lantern , lap , lighthouse , line , lobster trick ,
loop , make a journey , make a pilgrimage , make a trip , martello ,
martello tower , mast , minaret , monument , night shift , obelisk ,
observation tower , orbit , outing , overtime , package tour , pagoda ,
part time , path , perambulation , peregrinate , peregrination ,
pilaster , pilgrim , pilgrimage , pillar , pinnacle ,
playing engagement , pleasure trip , pole , primrose path ,
prison term , progress , pylon , pyramid , ramble , range the world ,
relay , revolution , road , round , round trip , roundabout , rounds ,
route , rubberneck , rubberneck tour , run , safari , sally , sea lane ,
shaft , shift , shoot , shortcut , sight-see , skyscraper , spell , spire ,
split schedule , split shift , stalk , stand , standpipe , steeple ,
stint , stretch , stroll , stupa , sunrise watch , swing shift ,
take a trip , take the road , television mast , tenure , term , time ,
tope , tour of duty , tower , track , trade route , traject , trajectory ,
trajet , travel , trek , trick , trip , turn , turn of work , turret ,
vaudeville circuit , visit , voyage , walk , walkabout , watch ,
water tower , wayfare , windmill tower , work shift