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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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"Ferry" Quotes from Famous Books

... south end of the lake last night by boat. We have had an awful time of it. The Taiya Pass is not a pass at all, but a climb right over the mountains. We left Juneau on Thursday, the twentieth, on a little boat smaller than the ferry at Ottawa. There were over sixty aboard, all in one room about ten by fourteen. There was baggage piled up in one end so that the floor-space was only about eight by eight. We went aboard about three o'clock in the afternoon and went ashore at Dyea at seven ...

— Klondyke Nuggets - A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest • Joseph Ladue

... son to Court, which he accordingly did. This son was named Murdoch, and His Majesty became so fond of him that he always retained him about his person, and granted him, as an earnest of greater things to follow, the lands of Fairburn, Moy, and others adjoining, also the Ferry of Scuideal; but Murdoch being unfortunately absent from the Court when the King died, he missed much more which his Majesty had designed for him. [Ardintoul and Cromartie ...

— History Of The Mackenzies • Alexander Mackenzie

... that he would like to do it, but he was afraid the boss might kick; so we had a drink together, and I went by myself. I was a green boy then and didn't know any better, but I am on to the little old town now, all right! They all know me up there. As soon as I get off the ferry, perfect strangers come up, call me by name, shake hands, and slip me a card. I don't mean to brag, but I know the location of every poolroom in the city! I have a friend in New York who writes the dramatic criticisms for the moving-picture shows; he puts me in touch ...

— The Statesmen Snowbound • Robert Fitzgerald

... Rights. A preliminary cloud in the sky was the fanatical raid of John Brown, who, in 1859, tried to stir up the negroes of northern Virginia against their masters. This raid was promptly crushed at Harper's Ferry, and Lee with his regiment of cavalry assisted in ...

— Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers • J. Walker McSpadden

... precisely opposite cause? The Arcadian fashion in which the lovers' passion had ripened must soon change forever. It was perilous to advance, but to retreat was impossible. Balder was at bay; had he loved Gnulemah less, he would have regretted Charon's ferry-boat. But his love was greater for the danger and difficulty wherewith it was fraught. He could not summon the millennium; well, he ...

— Idolatry - A Romance • Julian Hawthorne

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