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(frd), n.[AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fjrr bay, and to E. fare. 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. 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 Stygian ford. Dryden. Ford v. t.[imp. & p. p.Forded; p. pr. & vb. n.Fording.] 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. スポンサード リンク
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