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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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\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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