- Ford
- Ford Ford (f[=o]rd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel.
fj["o]r[eth]r bay, and to E. fare. [root]78. See {Fare}, v.
i., and cf. {Frith} arm of the sea.]
1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed
by man or beast on foot, by wading.
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He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
2. A stream; a current. [1913 Webster]
With water of the ford Or of the clouds. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Permit my ghost to pass the Styg?an ford. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
