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ed up for the confinement of prisoners. -- Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison.

t in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party. Burrill. Wharton.

Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.

To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway. Raymond. Put case, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or suppose the case to be. Put case that the soul after departure from the body may live. Bp. Hall. -- To put about (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as a ship. -- To put away. (a) To…

oards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.

for making a new stroke. Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren.

Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.

To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.

Consisting of a reed or reeds. Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood. Dryden.

et go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

ior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South. -- Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.

To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. Instead of a ship, he should llevy money, and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use. Clarendon.

operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. Kent.

To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding. Tue only men that safe can ride Mine errands on the Scottish side. Sir W. Scott.

The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic. Quincy.

ee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance. -- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage. -- To run down. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive…

To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.

sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. -- Sap tube (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.