Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ford"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Ford
Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh.
2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must have been very numerous;
about fifty perhaps. The most notable was that of Bethabara.
Mention is also made of the ford of the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22), and
of the fords of Arnon (Isa. 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jer.
51:32).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ford \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ford
n 1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: {Ford}, {John
Ford}]
2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: {Ford}, {Henry Ford
II}]
3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: {Ford}, {Edsel Bryant
Ford}]
4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: {Ford}, {Ford
Madox Ford}, {Ford Hermann Hueffer}]
5: 38th President of the United States; appointed Vice
President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913- )
[syn: {Ford}, {Gerald Ford}, {Gerald R. Ford}, {Gerald
Rudolph Ford}, {President Ford}]
6: American manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass
production (1863-1947) [syn: {Ford}, {Henry Ford}]
7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {crossing}]
8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car
or on a horse [syn: {fording}]
v : cross a river where it's shallow
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