n. [ AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fjörðr bay, and to E. fare. √78. See Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea. ]
He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
With water of the ford
Or of the clouds. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Permit my ghost to pass the Styg&unr_;an ford. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being forded. --
a. Without a ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
A deep and fordless river. Mallock. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. fordon, AS. ford&unr_;n; pref. for- + d&unr_;n to do. See For-, and Do, v. i. ]
This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
All with weary task fordone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Fordo. ] Undone; ruined. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To drive about; to drive here and there. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Utterly drunk; very drunk. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Entirely dry; withered. [ Obs. ] “A tree fordry.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [ Obs. ] Rom of R. [ 1913 Webster ]