convexity (konveksiti)

[= D. konveksi teit = Dan. konvexitet, convex it a(t-)s, convexne , con vexedne . The very convexity of the earth. IMG:content-1230.png:[blocks in formation] convey convoier, F. convoyer (> north. ME. convoien, E. convoy, q. v.) = Sp. convoyar = Pg. comboiar = It. conviare (obs.), 1 Ki. v. 9. I will convey them by sea in floats. There was one conveyed out of my house yesterday in Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 2. this basket. I saw great preparations of conduits of lead, wherein the water shall be conveighed. Coryat, Crudities, I. 36. 2. To transmit; communicate by transmi ion; carry or pa along, as to a destination. A divine natural right could not be conveyed down, with IMG:content-1231.png:[blocks in formation] Spenser, State of Ireland. IMG:content-1232.png:[blocks in formation] The very conveyances of his lands will hardly lie in this 3. That by which anything is carried or borne The ble ing, therefore, we commemorate was great; and it was made yet greater by the way in which God was pleased to convey it to us. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. vii. 3. In law , to transfer; pa the title to by deed, a ignment, or otherwise: as, to convey lands 4t. The act of removing; removal. to a purchaser by bargain and sale. one place to another; specifically, a carriage or coach; a vehicle of any kind. These pipes, and these conveyances of our blood. Shak ., Cor., v. 1. He preaches to the crowd that power is lent, But not convey'd , to kingly government. Dryden, The Medal, 1. 83. The land of a child under age, or an idiot, might, with the consent of a general court, be conveyed away. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 334. Men conveyed themselves to government for a definite price - fixed accurately in florins and groats, in places and pensions. Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 392. 4. To transmit; contain and carry; carry as a medium of transmi ion: as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 204. IMG:content-1233.png:[blocks in formation] An ordinary telegraph wire could convey the whole energy of Niagara Falls, and convey it to any distance; but the wire would be at so high a potential that sparks would fly from it into the surrounding air. A. Daniell , Prin. of Physics, p. 626. 5. To impart; communicate through some medium of transmi ion. Poets alone found the delightful way Mysterious morals gently to convey In charming numbers. Dryden, E ay on Satire, 1. 8. To... convey our thoughts in more ardent and intense phrases. Add is on , Spectator, No. 405. So long as an accurate impre ion of facts is conveyed , it Tell her thou mad'st away her uncle Clarence, Her uncle Rivers; ay, and, for her sake, Mad'st quick conveyance with her good aunt Anne. Shak ., Rich. III., iv. 4. 5t. A device; an artifice; hence, secret practices; clever or underhand management. Have this in your minds, when ye devise your secret fetches and conveyances . Latimer , 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. Since Henry's death, I fear there is conveyance. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 3. In one [picture]... there is the exquisitest conveyance that ever I saw, which is a prety little picture drawen in the forme of an handkerchief and inserted into another. Coryat , Crudities, I. 186. Derivative conveyance, in law, a secondary deed; an instrument modifying an estate already created, as a release, confirmation, surrender, consignment, or defeasance. Fraudulent conveyance, a conveyance calculated to deprive creditors of their full and just remedies. - Gratuitous conveyance or deed, one made without any value being given for it. - Innocent conveyance, in old Eng. law, a conveyance of such form, as lease and release, bargain and sale, and covenant to stand seized, that it did not purport to transfer anything more than the grantor actually had, so that it could not be tortious, as was a feoffment made by a person vested only with a le estate than the fee. See entail. - Mesne conveyance, mesne encumbrance, a conveyance or encumbrance made or attaching to a title, intermediate to others: as, he derived title from the original patentee through several mesne conveyances. Ordinary conveyance, in law, a deed of transfer which is entered into between two or more persons without an a urance in a superior court of justice. - Voluntary conveyance, a transfer without valuable consideration. what sounds-that impre ion is conveyed. is, does not matter as far as the facts are concerned. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 39. 6t. To steal; lift; purloin. [Old slang.] And take heede who takes it [a spoon] vp, for feare it be conuayde. Boethe Convey, the wise it call: Steal! foh; a fico for the phrase. Shak ., M. W. of W., i. 3. IMG:content-1234.png:[blocks in formation] +-er1.] One who is engaged of conveyancing. conveyancing (kon-va'an-sing), n. [ engaged in the busine held and transferred.