v. Obs. rare. [f. TRANS- 2 + WAFT v.] a. intr. To float across through air or water. b. trans. To convey or carry across a river or sea. So † Transwaftage [cf. WAFTAGE], a conveying or floating across.
1624. Heywood, Gunaik., I. 31. From thence she came to Hæmus, and transwafted thence to a gulfe of Thracia, which by her was called Bosphorus. Ibid., IV. 209. In her transwaftage over the flood Evenus. Ibid. (1635), Hierarch., III. 128. Because Ioues Trull Europa, he from Sidon into Creet Transwafted, whilest the waue ne’re toucht her feet.
