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English Dictionary: transfer- by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Transfer \Trans"fer\, n.
      1. The act of transferring, or the state of being
            transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one
            place or person to another.
  
      2. (Law) The conveyance of right, title, or property, either
            real or personal, from one person to another, whether by
            sale, by gift, or otherwise.
  
                     I shall here only consider it as a transfer of
                     property.                                          --Burke.
  
      3. That which is transferred. Specifically:
            (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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Transfer \Trans*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transferred}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Transferring}.] [L. transferre; trans across, over
      + ferre to bear: cf. F. transf[82]rer. See {Bear} to carry.]
      1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport,
            remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as,
            to transfer the laws of one country to another; to
            transfer suspicion.
  
      2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to
            convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give;
            as, the title to land is transferred by deed.
  
      3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to
            transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
            --Tomlinson.
  
      Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Transfer, PA
      Zip code(s): 16154
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