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VOYAGE. VOYAGER.
jangleres, thy viage to make, understand wel [etc.]- 1611
Shaks. Cymb. i. iv. 169 If you make your voyage vpon her,
and giue me directly to vnderstand, you haue preuayi'dj
I am no further your Enemy,
4. A journey by sen or water from one place to
another (usually to some distant place or country) ;
a course or spell of sailing or navigation, spec, one
in which a return is made to tbe starting-point ; a
cruise.
Arising from contextual use? of senses i and 2, and clearly
separable from iliese only aftei ilie ME. period. For the
phr. \bon{e^ boun^ boon voyage see Boon a, 2.
a. c 1310 St. Brendan 152 in S. Eng. Le^. I. 224 ' Wendc^
forJ>a-godes name: J>at J>isveyage were ido !' Seint Brendan
& his bret>eren to schtpe wende anon. 1555 Sc. Acts
Afaty {1814) 11.495/1 That nanc.cary ony viciuallis talloun
or fiesche . . except samekiU at salbe thair necessare
victualling for thair veyage. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie)
Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 121 The skipper of the schip..said
'God send ws better handsell and mair forder in our wayage.'
x64X.S'c. Acts Chas. I (iZjo) V. 494/2 Ane impost. .of
tuo shilling scottes to he payed vpoun the tune of all shipes
and vesshelHs-.be Natiues and four shlllingis money foirsaid
to be payed be strains;eres for ilke veadge. 1784
BiiJwprtck Carl. (ipo6) 52 There was a poor little lad that
had come a trial vaige to sea. 2887 J. ^I. E. Saxby Lctds
o/Lunda (1888) 123, i don't think there will be much done
at the haaf this vaige.
p. c 1330 R. Bhunnb Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8840 When he
wyste why J>at be cam [10 Ireland], & so fer viage for stones
nam, He scorned J^emon hislangage. c s4ooMaundev. (1839)
Prol. 4 It is longe tyme passed, tliat ther was no generalle
Passage ne Vyage over the See. 1443 Rolls o/Parlt. V.
60/2 [Thai] noon of the seid vesselles. .attendyng to the
same viage, be arrested for any viage of oure Souverain
Lord ye K.ing- 1492 Act. Dom. Cone. (1839) 275 pe proffitis
& dewiteis..of t>e said auchtane parte of a hale Kaiss in
zeland..and als of half a danskin viage. 1506 Ace. Ld.
High Treas. Scot. III. 206 'lo Thom« Hathowy to furnis
the Kingis schip in the Northland the secund viage, for
tymir. 1579 Twvne Phis. agst. Fortune 1. i. 2 They that
fare by Sea they arecaried away in the shypps, and feele
not howe, and many tymes are at their viage ende before
they beware. 1587 Fleming Contn. HoHmhed III. 1369/1
For want of vitiels ar)d otlier necessaries (needful in so long
a viage). .(he] was inforced to set saile and returne for England.
i6ox R. JOHNSOM Kingd. ^ Conuniv. 6 The Portugales
who^ viages beyond the cape of Good Hope.. are
more true than in leason likely.
y. 1485 Naval Ace. Hen. Vll (1896) aj Paid. .to John
Cappe.. after the said voiage into the parties of Lumbardie
..for the stopping of lekes & castyng Balast. 1599 Hakluvt
Kfy.I.Pref. •*2,There they shall read ofGodredusthesonne
of Olauus his voiage to the king of Norway. 1645 N. Qkv.'
fZSTF.K Geogr. Dt-lineated u. vti. (1635J 126 This North-west
passage is a long voyage, and hath bin for a long time
sought. x6s6 Bacon Nejv Ail. 12 The Navigation of the
World (specially for remote Voiages) was gieater then at
this day. 1665 Manlev Crotius" Low C. IVars 92^ Where
the Spanish Negotiation was short and safe, it enticed Seamen,
by their good will, to avoid long Voyages. 1748
Anson's Voy. Intiod., A Voyage round the World promises
a specjes of information, of all others the most desirable and
inteiesting, 1774 Golijsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) I. 346 Those
who had set sail five months before, were not in the least
farther advanced in their voyage, than those who waited for
the favourable wind. iSso Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. 11. 165
Ships were sent out to different seas, and had prosperous
voyages. 1867SMVTH Sailor's IVord'bk.^ ^'^yrtf>t 310 «(»//, '1 he round nip from home back to home
again constitutes the ' voyage ', all the port to port journeys
are ' passages '.
/ig. 1864 Browning yas. Lee's It^i/e w, iv, With whom
began Love's voyage fulUsail.
b. In the phrases io take or make a voyage.
Qi. I a. Also trans/,
{a) c 1400 Maundev. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Wald Godd )?at |>cr
werldly loideswareat gudeaccorde, and. .wald takel^is haly
viage ouer J>c see. 147S Bk. Noblesse {Koxh.) izThesaidking
Edward .. tooke his vyage to Cane withe xij^ shippis.
(11578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot.iS.T.^.)!!. loThir
men of weir tuk vayage and sailled to Scotland. 1596 Dal-
RVMPLE tr. Leslie's Hist, Scot. 1. 233 Quhen S. Columba did
sayl in Vrland, ihay to the J le of Jon tuik thair vaiage. 1819
Keats Lamia 11. 180 Fifty wreaths of smoke From fifty
censers their light voyage took To the high roof.
{b) 14.. Sir Belies (O.) 388 Ouer they made gode viage.
The sayll they drew, the wynd was good, x^t^ Nottingham
Rec, 11. 387 We. .purpose. .incontinent berupon, as winde
and weder wol serue, to make our viage into France. 1530
Hickscorner 820 For yf 1 my?t make iii good vyages to
.Shoter's HyI,..Than wolde I never travell the see more.
c 1580 in En^. Hiit. Rev. July (1914) 518 This viadge ys
to be made in 3 wekes yf winde and wether sarve. 1584
PowEL Lloyd's Cambria 87 Cnuie king of England about
this lime made a viage to Denmarke. 1648 J. Beaumonf
Psyche 11, 179 It is a full Commission By which he made
this voyage. 1669 Stuhmy Mariners Ma^. iv. i. 139 In
five Voyages m.ide before that way, [I] knew by Experience
tbeie is a Current.
f C. A (single or return) passage or trip on a
canal-boat. Oh.
1774 Ann. Reg.^Chron. 145 From Manchester to Warrington.,
the third cabbin \s for the passage or voyage upon the
canal. 1805 Z. Allnutt Navig, Thames 15 The'l'oll of ^d
per Ton a Voyage on all Barges. A Voyage, is a Trip to
London and back again, being two Passages.
d. A flight through the air (or through space) ;
€Sp. a trip in a balloon.
1667 Milton P. L. vii. 431 So stears the prudent Crane
Her annual Voiage, born on Windes. i7«6 Swift Gulliver
III. ii. It was about ninety leagues distant, and our voyage
lasted four days and an half. 1785 V. Lunarui Five Aerial
Voyages {i-jZd} 30 After a most delightful and glorious voy-
'e of 46 miles, 36 over the water and 10 over land. x8a6
"i; 'echanics' Mag, VI. 285/2 An aerial voyage, remarkable
for its duration, was accomplished at Paris on the igth of
September, 1784. i^6o Chambers's Encycl. I. 646/2 Before
they \sc. fire-balloons] became obsolete, several remarkable
voyages were made in them. 1893 Sir K. Ball Story of
Sun 290 The Earth in its annual voyage round the sun.
e. spec. In marine insurance : (see quot.).
1848 Aknould Marine Insur. r. xii. 1. 333 The voyage insured...
a technical term, which must be carefully distinguished
from the actual voyage of the ship,, .is a transit at
sea from the terminus a quo to the terminus ad quern in a
prescribed course of navigation,. which is never set out in
any policy.
f. Voyage ofdiscovery (Discovery 3), in fig. use,
1857 DucANGE Anglicus Vitlg. Tong.y Voyage o/discove>y,
going out stealing. 1890 'R. Bolijrewood' Col. Reformer
(1891) 227 After a voyage of discovery round the yard at full
speed, [the cattlel return . . into the lane.
6. Used_/f^. (in senses i or 4) to denote the course
of human life (or some part of it), or the fate of
persons after death.
1390 GowER Conf. 111. 326 Fourtiene yer sche was of Age,
Whan deth hir tok to his viage. 1423 Jas. 1 Kingis Q. xv.
As the schip that ^ailithstereles, ..Sostandis thou here.. And
wantis that suld gyde all thy viage. c 1430 Lydg, Min.
Poems (Percy Soc) 98 Cristallyne water to hym so comfortable.
Al his viage bothe in breede and lengthe. 15*6
Pilgr. Per/. (W. de W. 1531) 12b, Man receyueth by grace
all thyngesexpedyent and necessary for hym in his vyage
and pilgrymage. 1519 Sir T. More Dyaloge i. Wks. 175/2
yt much more special assistence of god with his christen
churche in their spiritual viage. z6oi Shaks. '/ul. C. iv.
iii. 220 There is a 'lide in the affayres of men. Which taken
at the Flood, leades on to Fortune : Omitted, all the voyage
of their life. Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miseries. 1604
T. Wright Passions vi. 345 Blocks and stones our ghostly
enemies cast in the narrow way that le^deth to heaven, to
hinder our voyage. 1697 Vanbrugh Prov. Wife v. v, So,
now I am in for Hobbes s voyage ; agreat leap in the dark.
X705 HiCKERiNGiLL Prifst-CT. 11. VI. 6o And what I say to
Papists I say to all Protestants, if you like to be Priestridden,
farewel—a good Voyage to you. 1771 Smollett
Humph. CI., Let. to Sir W, Phillips j8 July, Among our
fellow.lodgers at Berwick, was a couple from London,
bound to Edinburgh on the voyage of matrimony. 1779
CowPER Human E'railty 17 Bound on a voyage of awful
length, . .A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts
his own. i8i3Shkllev(?. jt/zi^ix. 174 Fear not then, Spirit,
Death's disrobing hand,.*ris but the voyage of a darksome
hour. 1877 Tennvson Sir f. Franklin 3 And thou .
Art passing on thine happier voyage now Toward no earthly
pole.
6. t a. The navigation of a particular sea-route ;
the course or route (to be) taken by a ship. Obs.
1581 Marbeck Z»A. (j/A'i'/M 1087 Vndery* name of Tharsis
(as some think) is signified some sea y* was farre of, and
whose voiage was very long. 1694 W. "^isa A nimadv. Acc.
Denmark 1. 7 Any Sea-man, who is acquainted with that
Voyage, will tell you thathe would ten times rather venture
amongst the Rocks of Norway in a Storm, than the Sands
of England. 1755 Macens insurances II. iii The Mate
being unacquainted with the Voyai;e and declaring himself
lo be so, shall nevertheless be obliged to remain with the
Ship, if the Master requires it.
b. A vessel as fitted out for sailing,
i8a6 Kknt Comm. (185B) III. atlvij. § 209 When the voyage
is ready, the master is bound to sail as soon as the wind and
tide permit.
C. iVkaittig. (See quot.)
1859 Bartlett Diet. Atner. (ed, 2) 497 Voyage^ among
whalers, each man calls his share of the proceeds of the
cruize, which he receives instead of wages, his voyage.
d. The quantity of fish taken in one trip or by
one boat.
1897 Clay ^ Co. Company Prospeetus,Thc daily arrival of
vessels with voyages of live and fresh fish. ..The Pontoon
where the voyages are landed from tbe vessels and sold.
7. A written account of a voyage, a book describing
a voyage (or journey).
From the frequent use of the word in the titles of narratives.
of voyages.
1587 Haklvvt (title), A Notable Historie, containing foure
Voyages, made by Certaine French Captaines into Florida.
1699 W. Hacks (title), A Collection of Original Voyages.
1704 Churchill (title), A Collection of Voyages and
Travels, Some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts.
1796 H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat, (1799) lU. 21
'1 hose of the same kind, which have been collected in the
following Voyage, exhibit no regular difference from each
other, /bid. 284 The most authentic traditions of Historians,
which I found in great numbers in the Voyage of J'ausanias
into Greece. 1877 Quaritch Catalogue 1476 De Bry's
Collection of Voyages to the East and West Indies,
8. altrid. and Comd., as voyage-writer; f voyage
voyage policy
food, provision, = Viaticum i ;
(see quot,).
1610 "Voyage food [see Viaticum i]. 1848 Arnould
Marine Insnr.i. ii. § i. 1. 19 A "voyage policy is one in
\^hich the limits of the risk are designated in the pK>licy by
specifying a certain place at which the voyage is to begiii.
156s Apol. Priv. Masse (1850) 11 Their viaticum, as it is
termed in the old canons, that is to say^ their 'voyageprovision.
1564 Harding Ansiv. Jewel \x. 123 .So it be
reuerently kepte for the viage prouision for the sicke, no
catholike man will maineteine strife for the manerand order
of keping. 1705 Addisom Italy, Pesaro 165, 1 shall say
nothing of the Via Flaminia, which has been describ'd by
all the * Voyage- Writers that have pass'd it. 1717 Lady
M. W. Montagu Let. to C'itss Mar i Apr., The manners
of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers
would make us believe. 1757 Foote Author 1. Wks. 1799
1. 137 Except Peter Hasty, the voyage-writer, he was as
great a loss to the trade as any withni my memory.
Voyage (voi-ed.:5), V. Also 5 voiage, 5-6 vyage,
9 aiai. v*yag©i Sc. vaeg. [ad. F. voyager,
\voiager (15th c), or f. Voyage shj\
1. intr. To journey by land ; to travel. Now
rare.
1477 Cwroviyason 26 Hislegges were Royde like a voyager
that had alle the day to fore haue voiaged or goon a lourney.
1490— Eneydos xv. 57 And in vyagynge thrughe the
landes, Ifame] hideth her hede bytwyx the clowdes. 164a
Milton Apol. Smect,\\\\. 42 Although my life hath not bin
unexpeiisive in learning, and voyaging about. 1673 Drvden
Mnrr, a la Mode ii. i, A gentleman, str, ..who has haunted
the best conversations, and who, in short, has voyaged.
X778 FooTK Trip to Calais i. Wks. 1799 II, 344 Nothing can
be so vulgar in France, as voyaging about with one's wife.
1898 C. hv.^ Paul Carah n. 30 Half over the States I've
been, an' into Canady— v'yaged thousands o' miles, 'a
b'lieve.
+ 2. To carry out l?n enterprise. Obs.~^
ci$oo Melitsine jji The maister [of Rhodes] recounted.,
all ihauentures that had happed to them. ' By my feyth *
said the kyng, * ye haue worthyly vyaged.
3. To go by sea ; to sail or cruise ; to make a
voyage or voyages. Also in fig. context.
1604 E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxxi. 294
All that have voyaged thither, have been curious to carry
seedes of all sorts, and all have grown, 1624 Donne Ess.
Div. (1651) 57 Men which seek God by reason. .are like
Mariners which voyaged before ihe invention of the Compass.
1700 PoMi-'RET A'cajfj« 133 Oh ! what an ocean must be
voyag'd o'er, To gain a prospect of the shining shore ! X7»5
Pope Odyss. t. 340 Voyaging to learn tbe direful art To
taint with deadly drugs the barbed dart. 1779 Forrest
Voy. N. Guinea 137 The Dutch ships, voyaging between
New Guinea and Aroo, ..frequently see flocks of birds of
Paradise. 1819 Bvron Juati 11. xliii. He was a man of
years, And long had voyaged through many a stormy sea.
1846 Hawthorne Mosses 11. viii, (1864) 171 Havingvoyaged
across the Atlantic for that sole purpose. i8;^5 Chambers'
Jrnl. a Jan, 7 More than seventy merchant-ship^, voyaging
in almost every ocean.
fig. 1805 WoRDSw, Prelude in. 63 Hi.s.. silent face, The
marble index of a mind for ever Voyaging through strange
seas of Thought, alone, 1819 Shellev Lett. Pr. Wks. 18S8
II. 305, I have lately been voyaging in a sea without any
pilot. 01873 i-VTTON Pausauias iii. i. {1876) 220 Voyagers
that never voyaged thiilier save in song. 1894 H. Drum-
MOND Ascent Man 300 It is not for food that the plantworld
voyages into foreign spheres, but to perfect the
supremer labour of life.
b. trans/. Of things : To move through the
water or air, A\so Jig.
1834 H. Miller 5'««M