Part 4477

<h1>Forcipation</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For`ci*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Forcut</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*cut"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cut completely; to cut off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ford</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Ford</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ford</ets>; akin to G. <ets>furt</ets>, Icel. <ets>f<?/\'94r<?/r</ets> bay, and to E. <ets>fare</ets>. <?/ 78. See <er>Fare</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and cf. <er>Frith</er> arm of the sea.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.</def>

<blockquote>He swam the Esk river where <b>ford</b> there was none. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stream; a current.</def>

<blockquote>With water of the <b>ford</b> Or of the clouds. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Permit my ghost to pass the Styg<?/an <b>ford</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ford</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Ford</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fording</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.</def>

<blockquote>His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be <b>forted</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fordable</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Ford"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being forded.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ford"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fordless</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>Ford"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a ford.</def>

<blockquote>A deep and <b>fordless</b> river. <i>Mallock.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fordo</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*do"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fordon</ets>, AS. <ets>ford<?/n</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>d<?/n</ets> to do. See <er>For-</er>, and <er>Do</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To destroy; to undo; to ruin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This is the night That either makes me or <b>fordoes</b> me quite. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<blockquote>All with weary task <b>fordone</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fordone</h1> <Xpage=582>

<hw>For*done"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fordo</er>.]</ety> <def>Undone; ruined.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>