Trans*fer" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Transferred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Transferring.] [L. transferre; trans across, over +
ferre to bear: cf. F. transférer. See Bear to
carry.] 1. To convey from one place or person another;
to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to
transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer
suspicion.
2. To make over the possession or control of; to
pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the
title to land is transferred by deed.
3. To remove from one substance or surface to
another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic
stone. Tomlinson.
Syn. -- To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
Trans"fer (?), n. 1. The
act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or
conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.
2. (Law) The conveyance of right, title, or
property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by
sale, by gift, or otherwise.
I shall here only consider it as a transfer of
property.
Burke.
3. That which is transferred. Specifically: -
-
(a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body
or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas
to another. Fairholt.
(b) A drawing or writing printed off from one
surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
(c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop,
or body of troops, and placed in another.
4. (Med.) A pathological process by virtue
of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of
the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other
side.
Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of
England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government
funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three
o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s.
6d. Bithell. -- Transfer office, an
office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. --
Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen,
engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. --
Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse
table. See under Traverse.
Trans*fer" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Transferred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Transferring.] [L. transferre; trans across, over +
ferre to bear: cf. F. transférer. See Bear to
carry.] 1. To convey from one place or person another;
to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to
transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer
suspicion.
2. To make over the possession or control of; to
pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the
title to land is transferred by deed.
3. To remove from one substance or surface to
another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic
stone. Tomlinson.
Syn. -- To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
Trans"fer (?), n. 1. The
act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or
conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.
2. (Law) The conveyance of right, title, or
property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by
sale, by gift, or otherwise.
I shall here only consider it as a transfer of
property.
Burke.
3. That which is transferred. Specifically: -
-
(a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body
or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas
to another. Fairholt.
(b) A drawing or writing printed off from one
surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
(c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop,
or body of troops, and placed in another.
4. (Med.) A pathological process by virtue
of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of
the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other
side.
Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of
England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government
funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three
o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s.
6d. Bithell. -- Transfer office, an
office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. --
Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen,
engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. --
Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse
table. See under Traverse.
