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[ME., Ar. far zin, farzān ), the name of the queen at che ( shatranj ).] The queen at che . I shulde han pleyd the bet at ches, And kept my fers the bet therby. ferruled (fer'öld or -ild), a. Fitted or furnished with a ferrule. Carlyle. fer ruminate (fe-rö'mi-nāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. fer ruminated, ppr. fer ruminating. [ ferrum jaculi (fer'um jak'ū-li). In her., same as pheon. Chaucer , Death of Blanche, 1. 669. An obsolete form of fresh . See fereter . [ME. ferteren; close in a shrine. And bar thir bannes [these bones] menshelye And fertered thaim at a nunrye. Metr. Homilies (ed. Small), p. 143. ferry (fer'i), v.; pret. and pp. ferried, ppr. fer rying. [ thing. ja = Dan. færge = Sw. färja, convey in a boat, ferthingt, n. A Middle English form of far ferry, = Goth. farjan, go by boat, row; orig. caus. of AS. far an (=Goth. far an, etc.), go: see farel.] I. trans. To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores. IMG:content-1243.png:[blocks in formation] ferry (fer'i), n.; pl. ferries (-iz). [ME. fery = veer = MHG. ver, vere, G. fähre = Icel. ferja = Dan. færge Sw. färja, a ferry; cf. = OHG. ferjo, fero, MHG. verje, verge, vere, G. 1. A boat or raft in which pa engers and ferge, a ferryman, boatman; from the verb.] goods are conveyed over a river or other contracted body of water; a wherry. Bring them, I pray thee, with imagin'd speed, Unto the traject, to the common ferry Which trades to Venice. Shak ., M. of V., iii. 4. I went down to the river Brent in the ordinary ferry. Add is on. 2. The place or pa age where boats pa over water to convey pa engers and goods. I... came to a little towne hard by the ferry where we were transported into the Ile of France. Coryat, Crudities, I. 24. And I'll give ye a silver pound To row us o'er the ferry . Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter. 3. A provision for the regular conveyance by boat or raft of pa engers and goods acro a river or other body of water between opposite shores: as, to establish a ferry; also, the legal right to maintain such a conveyance, and to charge reasonable toll for the service.