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. ] 1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. [ 1913 Webster ]

He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stream; a current. [ 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. [ imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording. ] To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. [ 1913 Webster ]

His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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. ] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold. [ 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 ]