To tack, cruise about.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To expedite.
To develop.
To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
To improve; to become better or more complete.
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.