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ater, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.

Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness, n.

Without a ford. A deep and fordless river. Mallock.

To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.

Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.

To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Entirely dry; withered. [Obs.] "A tree fordry." Chaucer.

To dwindle away; to disappear. [Obs.] Rom of R.

forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

That may be afforded.

Anything given as a help; bestowal. [Obs.]

A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute.

A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, wich yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.

The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark- colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.

One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England. Oxford movement. See Tractarianism. -- Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford "Tracts for the Times," issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley. -- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, l…

dation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.

To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.

Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. Ford.