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Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show. "Spectacular sports." G. Hickes.

may be done reclining, for relaxation, or momentarily, as an exhibitionary maneuver in a sport.

A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe of stars.

The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.

ve a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at time. Shak.

ep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak. Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame. Mrs. Browning.

To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter- totter. [U. S.] [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W. Beecher.

A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass. [Scot.] We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! Sir W. Scott.

A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]

A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.…

ost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals .

That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side. Encyc. of Rural Sports.

A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion. To fly about playing their wanton toys. Spenser. What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all run away. Beau. &Fl. Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. Drayton.

Sportive; trifling; wanton.

The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.] "The traduction of brutes." Sir M. Hale.

nit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.

A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

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.

Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by sportsmen. Bailey.