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A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass. A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. Kent.

A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.

That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.

ting them. -- Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] -- Penal suit, Penal action (Law), a suit for penalties.

A handicap. [Sporting Cant]

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot. As Cannace was playing in her walk. Chaucer. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play! Pope. And some, the darlings of their Lord, Play smiling with the flame and sword. Keble.…

A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. Shak.

Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- Play"ful*ly, adv. -- Play"ful*ness, n.

Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n. [R.]

Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. Dryden.

Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "Not sunk in carnal pleasure." Milton. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Prov. xxi. 17. Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. 2 Tim. iii…

Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.

Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

To carry; to bear; to transport. [Obs.] They are easily ported by boat into other shires. Fuller.

Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. South.

The act of carrying or transporting.

ters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. Pope.