(a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another,
as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another.
Fairholt.
(b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in
ceramics and in many decorative arts.
(c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and
placed in another.
4. (Med.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid
condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its
appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the
transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These
days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock.
Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d.
Bithell. — Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of
stocks, etc., are made. — Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by
draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring
impressions. — Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See
under Traverse.
Trans*fer`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being
transferable.
Trans*fer"a*ble (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. transférable.] 1. Capable of being
transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.
2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of
property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by
indorsement or other writing; capable of being transferred with no loss
of value; as, the stocks of most public companies are transferable;
some tickets are not transferable.
Trans`fer*ee" (?), n. The person to whom a transfer in made.
Trans"fer*ence (?), n. The act of transferring; conveyance; passage;
transfer.
Trans`fer*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Transfer + -graphy.] The act or process of
copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers.
Trans*fer"rence (?), n. See Transference.
Trans*fer"rer (?), n. One who makes a transfer or conveyance.
Trans*fer"ri*ble (?), a. Capable of being transferred; transferable.