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 Fer·ry, n.; pl. Ferries
 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.
    It can pass the ferry backward into light.   --Milton.
    To row me o'er the ferry.   --Campbell.
 2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
 3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls.
 Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay.
 Ferry railway. See under Railway.
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