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FORDING
ford, fording
(noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
fording
present participle of ford
Noun
fording (plural fordings)
The act by which something is forded.
Fording place
Source: Wiktionary
FORD
Ford, n. Etym: [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]
1. A place in a river, or other water, 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.
2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden.
Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]
Definition: To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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