Obs. rare–1. [f. TRANS- 1 + L. lavātiōnem, n. of action fr. lavāre to wash, LAVE v.1] The action of ‘laving’ or ladling from one vessel to another.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XXXIV. xviii. II. 519. This translavation ought so long to be continued out of one vessell into another, untill such time as it have done casting any residence downward.
