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Definition of Ferry
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Ferry
To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. 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. Related Definitions:
Across, And, Are, Arm, Bay, Boat, By, Carried, Carry, Carrying, Charging, Conveyed, Ferry, Ferryboat, For, Franchise, Freight, Goods, In, Maintain, Narrow, Of, Or, Other, Over, Pass, Place, Right, River, Sea, Strait, The, To, Transport, Vessel, Water, Where, Wherry, Which |
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Ferry Quotations
I have always loved to sit in ferry and railroad stations and watch the people, to walk on crowded streets, just walk along among the people, and see their faces, to be among people on street cars and trains and boats. Ella R. Bloor I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out. Pamela Stephenson You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy. Robyn Hitchcock I have lately returned from Harpers Ferry, to which place I was suddenly called, on the 17th instant, by causes the most disturbing and destructive to the peace and safety of this State. Henry A. Wise The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. John S. Wise |
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Ferry Translations
ferry in Dutch is overzetboot, pontveer, pont, bak ferry in Finnish is proomu ferry in French is bac ferry in Italian is traghetto ferry in Norwegian is ferje, ferje ferry in Portuguese is balsa ferry in Spanish is transbordador, balsa |
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