Ferry

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.

II. Ferry ·vt To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

III. Ferry ·vt A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

IV. Ferry ·vt A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, ·etc., in a ferryboat.

V. Ferry ·vt A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, ·etc., charging tolls.

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