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Ferry : (noun)
1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferryboat]
2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferrying]
(verb)
1: transport from one place to another
2: transport by ferry
3: travel by ferry
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ferry : \Fer"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to
go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See
Fare.]
To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow
water, in a boat.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ferry : \Fer"ry\, v. i.
To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro.
--Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ferry : \Fer"ry\, n.; pl. Ferries. [OE. feri; akin to Icel.
ferja, Sw. f["a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f["a]hre. See Ferry,
v. t.]
1. 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. --Milton.
To row me o'er the ferry. --Campbell.
2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over
narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
3. 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ferry, AK (CDP, FIPS 25220)
Location: 63.92788 N, 149.13023 W
Population (1990): 56 (33 housing units)
Area: 225.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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