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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Copyright

ford, fords. Shallow river crossings were important to the early Celts before technology provided ferries and bridges. Ritona was a Continental Celtic goddess of fords worshipped at Trier, in what is now Germany. Many hand-to-hand combats take place at fords, notably that of Cúchulainn and Ferdiad in the Táin Bó Cuailnge [Cattle Raid of Cooley]. See also the spectral figure of Irish and Scottish Gaelic folklore, the *washer at the ford.

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

ford shallow place in a body of water, especially a river, that may be crossed by wading. Around the crossings habitually forded, cities sprang up; hence fords came to be the sites of numerous river towns. They have been of particular importance in migrations and in the deployment of armies in campaigns and have therefore been frequently fortified.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ford / fôrd/ • n. a shallow place in a river or stream allowing one to walk or drive across. • v. [tr.] (of a person or vehicle) cross (a river or stream) at a shallow place. DERIVATIVES: ford·a·ble adj. ford·less adj.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ford sb. OE. ford = OFris. forda, OS. -ford in place-names (Du. voorde), (O)HG. furt :- WGmc. *furdu (cf. ON. fiǫrðr FIORD:- *ferþuz) :- IE. *pṛtús, repr. also by OW. rit (W. rhyd) ford, L. portus harbour, PORT1, f. *por- *per- *pṛ- (see FARE2).

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Ford, a common name, ‘(place by) the ford’, from OE ford; examples include: Ford Northum. Forda 1224. Ford Shrops. Forde 1086 (DB). Ford W. Sussex. Fordes c.1194. In this name the form was originally plural.

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

ford n. a shallow place in a river or stream allowing one to walk or drive across.
v. (of a person or vehicle) cross (a river or stream) at a shallow place.
fordable adj. fordless adj.

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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Ford ♂ Transferred use of the common surname, in origin a local name for someone who lived near a place where a river could be crossed by wading through it (Old English ford).

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ford." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

ford •aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward •fjord

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Ford (fɔːd) (Kenya) Forum for the Restoration of Democracy

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Ford." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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