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/fˈɛriɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Ferry v. t. (past & past part. ferried; pres. part. ferrying)

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle; as, part of her day was spent ferrying the kids to and from school.

Ferry v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. "They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro."

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Etymology of 'Ferrying'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ferrying" Quotes from Famous Books

... procession to destruction, because he must make his living in that way. He is a sort of clean-aproned Charon on a whiskey Styx, ferrying the multitude to perdition on the other side of the river. But what is ...

— Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers • Arthur Brisbane

... accompany them to the cottage of an old man who had once lived by ferrying the rare passenger across the Gironde. Having left them here, he could reach Blaye before daylight, from whence a passage up the river to Bordeaux ...

— The Last Hope • Henry Seton Merriman