ford

The shallow part of a river, where troops may pass without injuring their arms.

← forcing-pump × fore →

Ford
·vi A stream; a current. II. Ford ·vt To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wa...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Ford
Mention is frequently made of the fords of the Jordan (Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 12:5, 6), which must h...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ford, John
(c. 1586?) Dramatist, b. probably at Ilsington, Devonshire, was admitted to the Middle Temple in 16...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Ford, Richard
(1796-1858) Writer on art and travel, ed. at Winchester and Camb., and travelled for several years ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Ford, Paul Leicester
(1865-1902) Novelist and biographer, was b. in Brooklyn. He wrote Lives of Washington, Franklin, an...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Hueffer, Ford Madox
(b. 1873) Novelist, etc. The Brown Owl, The Inheritors and Romance (both with J. Conrad), The Face ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin