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d by water. The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. Knolles.

Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. Where the deep transported mind may soar. Milton. Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Addison.

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.

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

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

c.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul. [They] laugh as if transported with some fit Of passion. Milton. We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. South.

Capable of being transported.

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. To provide a vessel for their transportation. Sir H. Wotton.

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation. [R.]

A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.

erforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market.

Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.