v. rare. [a. F. transvaser (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. TRANS- + L. vās vessel.] trans. To pour out of one vessel into another. Also fig. Hence Transvasing vbl. sb.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 587. The higher ouvreaux called the lading holes, because they serve for transvasing the liquid glass, are three in number.
1882. Nature, 23 Feb., 388/1. Errors incident to the collection and the transvasing of the water.
1891. Stevenson, Lett. (1901), II. xi. 218. Something better to do than to transvase the work of others.
