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

the very Jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off.

Hakewill.

Con*vey"an*cer (k&obreve;n*v&/amacr;"an*s&etilde;r), n. (Law) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.

Con*vey"an*cing (?), 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.

Con*vey"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

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

Con*vey"or (?), n. (Mach.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.

Con*vi"ci*ate, v. i. [L. conviciatus, p. p. of conviciari to revile, fr. convicium loud reproach.] To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.]

To conviciate instead of accusing.

Laud.

Con`vi*cin"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Convicinities (&?;). Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.

The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes.

T. Warton.

Con*vi"cious (?), a. Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [Obs.] "Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth (1559).

Con*vict" (k&obreve;n*v&ibreve;kt"), p. a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] Shak.

Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.

Milton.

Con"vict (k&obreve;n"v&ibreve;kt), n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

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