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ferry verb.
[Old English ferian reinforced by forms from cognate Old Norse ferja = Old Saxon ferian, Old High German ferren (Middle High German vern), Gothic farjan, from Germanic, from base of FARE verb.]
verb trans. Carry, transport, take from one place to another, esp. across a stretch of water (formerly also, the sea) by boat. (Foll. by over, across.) OE.
R. Campbell He ferried the stone across on rafts. M. Muggeridge They would ferry my father about from meeting to meeting.
b. Work (a boat) across a stretch of water. L18.
c. Fly (an aircraft) to a delivery-point. E20.
verb intrans. Go across water by boat. Formerly also, go, depart. (Foll. by over.) OE.
R. Burns When death's dark stream I ferry o'er.
ferryable adjective (rare) (of a river etc.) that may be crossed in a boat etc. L19.