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A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.

One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee. Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon those whose fiduciaries they are. Jer. Taylor.

accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. Abbot. -- Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. -- Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. -- Fire policy, the writing or instr…

To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay.

To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.

A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air.

wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

ldings and works for casting metals. Foundry ladle, a vessel for holding molten metal and conveying it from cupola to the molds.

To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.

To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.

e liver; the cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. -- Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct. -- Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. Dunglison. -- Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves,…

A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [Eng.]

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.

The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.

The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.

A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.