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/fˈɛri/ Listen

noun

Ferry n. (pl. ferries)

A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. "It can pass the ferry backward into light." "To row me o'er the ferry."

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

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

Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.

Ferry railway. See under Railway.

verb

Ferry v. t. (past & past part. ferried; pres. part. ferrying)

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids to and from school.

Ferry v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. "They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro."

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Etymology of 'Ferry'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ferry" Quotes from Famous Books

... that been said as a last resort to buoy up a sinking hope. No one else spoke, as they made their way to the dock where the little ferry ...

— The Motor Girls on Waters Blue - Or The Strange Cruise of The Tartar • Margaret Penrose

... of cars would arrive at half past eleven to move my regiment. All the men were of course asleep, but I had the drum beaten, and in forty minutes every tent and all the baggage was at the water's edge ready to put aboard the ferry to ...

— Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, - 1857-78 • Ulysses S. Grant

... before we reached East St. Cloud, and the ferry-boat had stopped running, so that it was a bright morning the 7th of June when I found myself in half a dozen pairs of loving arms. In a few days we made an excursion to the site of my cabin. It was more beautiful than I had thought. ...

— Half a Century • Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

... for the commencement of my journey was this: I was to cross the St. Lawrence to Longueil, to meet the man who was to accompany me. The woman who had sent my message into the country, went with me to the ferry, and crossed the river, where, according to the appointment, we found my companion. He willingly undertook to accompany me to the place of my destination, and at his own expense; but declared, that he was apprehensive ...

— Awful Disclosures - Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published • Maria Monk

... mountain, a direct line to a point[4] on the Blue Ridge, at Ashby's Gap, marks the boundary between Loudoun and Fauquier counties. A devious line, which follows in part the crests of the Blue Ridge until reaching the Potomac below Harpers Ferry, separates Loudoun from Clarke County, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia, on her western border. The Potomac then becomes the dividing line between Loudoun County, and Frederick and Montgomery counties, Maryland; "and that State, claiming the whole of the river, exercises jurisdiction ...

— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head

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