convey

v. i. To play the thief; to steal. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The long journey was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyance. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Following the river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water. [ 1913 Webster ]

These pipes and these conveyances of our blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Dishonest management, or artifice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

the very Jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of transferring a property title from one person to another.
Syn. -- conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]