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Pronunciation : Ford
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]
Definition : 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.

2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ford
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.

t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913