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of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. -- Ship's company, the crew of a ship or other vessel. -- Ship's days, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. -- Ship's husband. See under Hu…

slaver. -- Slave trade, the busines of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere. -- Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.

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.…

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

ny unit 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.

Transportation; carriage; conveyance. The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war. Arbuthnot.

Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.

Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.

Transportation. [Obs.] "Give me swift transportance." Shak.

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

A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods. [Eng.]

A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon. The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. Jeffrey. Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. Longfellow.

A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc. Ainsworth.

Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.

Money paid for transportation of goods, etc., by water. [Eng.]