Day's journey

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• Sabbath day's journey

  Supposed to be a distance of 2,000 cubits, or less than half-a-mile, the distance to which, accordin...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Journey

  ·noun The travel or work of a day. II. Journey ·vt To <<Traverse>>; to travel over or through. III...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Journey

  1) A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31). 2) A Sabbath-day's journey is 2...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Journey-bated

  ·adj Worn out with journeying. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• journey-work

  Work performed by the day. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Sabbathdays Journey

  (Acts 1:12) The law as regards travel on the Sabbath is found in (Exodus 16:29) As some departure fr...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Cross-days

  ·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Dog days

  ·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Day's Court

  On the east side of Old Change (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• born days

  One's life-time ever since one was born; a vulgar expression used in various parts of the country. I...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• boon-days

  days when statute-work on the high-ways is performed. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• vore-days

  late in the day. Exm. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• banyan days

  See banian ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• day's work

  In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• lay-days

  The time allowed for shipping or discharging a cargo; and if not done within the term, fair weather ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• overlay days

  Days for which demurrage can be charged. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Ancient of Days

  An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cooking a day's work

  To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• working a day's work

  Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book