a shallow passage over a river; _e.g._ Bradford (the broad ford), in Yorkshire, on the R. Aire; Bedford, _Bedican ford_ (the protected ford), on the Ouse; Brentford, on the R. Brenta; Chelmsford, on the Chelmer; Camelford, on the Camel; Charford (the ford of Ceredic); Aylesford (of Ægle); Hacford and Hackfurth (of Haco); Guildford (of the guilds or trading associations); Hungerford, corrupt. from _Ingle ford_ (corner ford); Oxford, Welsh _Rhyd-ychen_ (ford for oxen); Ochsenfurt, in Bavaria, and probably the Bosphorus, with the same meaning; Hertford (the hart’s ford); Hereford (the ford of the army), or more probably a mistranslation of its Celtic name, _Caer-ffawydd_ (the town of the beech-trees); Horsford, Illford, and Knutsford (the fords of Horsa, Ella, and Canute). Canute had crossed this ford before gaining a great battle; Watford (the ford on Watling Street); Milford, the translation of _Rhyd-y-milwr_ (the ford of the Milwr), a small brook that flows into the haven; Haverford West--_v._ HAVN--the Welsh name is _Hwlfford_ (the sailing way, _fford_), so called because the tide comes up to the town; Tiverton, anc. _Twyford_ (the town on the two fords); Stamford, A.S. _Stanford_ (stony ford), on the Welland; _Stoney Stratford_ (the stony ford on the Roman road); Stafford, anc. _Statford_ (the ford at the station, or a ford crossed by staffs or stilts); Crayford, on the R. Cray; but Crawford, in Lanarkshire, is corrupt. from _Caerford_ (castle ford); Wallingford, anc. _Gual-hen_, Latinised _Gallena_ (the old fort at the ford); Thetford, anc. _Theodford_ (the people’s ford), on the R. Thet; Dartford, on the R. Darent; Bideford, in Devonshire (by the ford); Furth and Pforten (the fords), in Prussia; Erfurt, in Saxony, anc. _Erpisford_ (the ford of Erpe); Hohenfurth (the high ford), Bohemia; Frankfort, on the Maine and on the Oder (the ford of the Franks); Quernfurt and Velvorde (the fords of the Rivers Quern and Wolowe); Steenvoord (stony ford); Verden, in Hanover (at the ford of the R. Aller). [Sidenote: FORS, FOSS (Scand.),] a waterfall; _e.g._ High-force, Low-force, on the R. Tees; Skogar-foss (the waterfall on the promontory), in Ireland; Wilberforce, in Yorkshire (the cascade of Wilbera); Sodorfors (the south cascade), in Sweden; Foston (the town of the waterfall). [Sidenote: FORST, VORST (Teut.),] a wood; _e.g._ Forst-lohn (the path through the wood); Forst-bach (forest brook); Eichenforst (oak forest); Forstheim (forest dwelling). [Sidenote: FORT,]