Fordable

That may be waded or pa ed through on foot. Ford'ablene , n . State of being fordable. Ford, JOHN, one of the best of the old English dramatists, B. 1586. Little is known of his life. His genius, truly poetical, is lyric rather than dramatic. His earliest piece, acted in 1629, was the romantic play, The Lover's Melancholy, which contains his famous description of the nightingale. His manner, both of feeling and of expre ion, may be well gathered from that work and his Broken Heart ; and some of the most touching pa ages in English poetry may be read in his revolting play, ' Tis Pity She's a Whore. D. about 1640. Ford, in Illinois , a N.E. central co.; area , about 490 sq. m. Rivers. Middle Fork of Vermilion river. Surface , level; soil, fertile. Cap . Paxton. Pop . (1890) 17,035. Ford, in Ohio , a post-office of Geauga county. Fordham, in New York , formerly a post-village of West chester co., now part of New York city, to which it was annexed in 1873. It is the seat of two prominent Roman Catholic institutions-St. John's College and St. Joseph's Theological Seminary, founded in 1841. Fordham, in Wisconsin , a village of Adams co., abt. 37 m. N.N.W. of Portage. For doc he Bayou, ( for - dosh '-bay-u',) in Louisiana, enters the Atchafalaya Bayou from Iberville parish. Ford River, or FORT RIVER, in Michigan , enters Green Bay from Delta co. For'dyce, in Pennsylvania , a post-office of Greene co. Fore, a. [A.S. fore ; Ger. vor ; Lat. pro .] Prior or an- terior in place, time, order, or importance; advanced; being or coming in advance of something; coming first; anterior; preceding; prior. - Antecedent; as, the fore part of a discourse. - Being in front or toward the face; as, the fore part of a garment. This word seldom oc- curs separately as an adjective, but is mostly found in composition, with the above significations. -adv . In the part that precedes or goes first. -n. ( Naut .) The sea term for the part of the ship near the head. the act or event. Forearm', v. a. To prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.