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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: Ford n 1: 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}] 2: 1863-1947 [syn: {Ford}, {Henry Ford}] 3: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {crossing}] 4: 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 From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Ford, KS (city, FIPS 23725) Location: 37.63699 N, 99.75400 W Population (1990): 247 (122 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67842 Ford, WA Zip code(s): 99013 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).
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