Ferry
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.
(2): ( v. t.) A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
(3): ( v. i.) To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
(4): ( v. t.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.
(5): ( v. t.) A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
King James Dictionary [2]
Fer'Ry, L. fero allied to bear.
To carry or transport over a river, strait or other water, in a boat. We ferry men, horses, carriages, over rivers, for a moderate fee or price called fare or ferriage.
Fer'Ry, To pass over water in a boat.
Fer'Ry, n.
1. A boat or small vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over rivers or other narrow waters sometimes called a wherry. This application of the word is, I believe, entirely obsolete, at least in America. 2. The place or passage where boats pass over water to convey passengers. 3. The right of transporting passengers over a lake or stream. A.B. owns the ferry at Windsor. In New England, this word is used in the two latter senses.
