About The Word Frith
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What's The Definition Of Frith?Synonyms | Synonyms for Frith: Related Terms | Find terms related to Frith: arm | armlet | bay | bayou | belt | bight | boca | boscage | bosket | brake | canebrake | ceja | chamisal | chaparral | coppice | copse | copsewood | cove | covert | creek | estuary | euripus | fjord | gulf | gut | harbor | inlet | kyle | loch | motte | mouth | narrow | narrow seas | narrows | natural harbor | reach | road | roads | roadstead | sound | strait | straits | thicket | thickset | underbrush | undergrowth | undershrubs | underwood See Also | Frith In Webster's Dictionary \Frith\, n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r?r; akin to Sw.
fj["a]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See {Ford}, n., and
cf. {Firth}, {Fiord}, {Fret} a frith, {Port} a harbor.]
1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening
of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.
\Frith\, n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri? peace; akin to freno? peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. fri?r, and from the root of E. free, friend. See {Free}, a., and cf. {Affray}, {Defray}.] 1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] --Drayton. 2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Sir J. Wynne. |
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