Category:Ford

Ford, n. Etym: [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]

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 me to pass through the ford.

ford Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]

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 forded. Milton.

Ford - proper pronoun of a line of automobiles and trucks.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Ford - Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Joshua 2:7; Judges 3:28; Judges 12:5, Judges 12:6), 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 Jabbock (Genesis 32:22), and of the fords of Arnon (Isaiah 16:2) and of the Euphrates (Jeremiah 51:32).