Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FORD, n. [Sax. ford, fyrd; G. furt; from the verb faran, to go or pass, or its root.]

1. A place in a river or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading.
2. A stream; a current. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford. Dryden.