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† transˈwaft, v. Obs. rare.
[f. trans- 2 + waft v.]
a. intr. To float across through air or water.
b. trans. To convey or carry across a river or sea. So † transˈwaftage [cf. waftage], a conveying or floating across.
1624Heywood Gunaik. i. 31 From thence she came to Hæmus, and transwafted thence to a gulfe of Thracia, which by her was called Bosphorus. Ibid. iv. 209 In her transwaftage over the flood Evenus. 1635― Hierarch. iii. 128 Because Ioues Trull Europa, he from Sidon into Creet Transwafted, whilest the waue ne're toucht her feet. |