firth
noun
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
firths
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pluralof firth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their daughter was Jorunn: she was a most beautiful woman, and very proud and extremely clever, and so was thought the best match in all the firths of the West.
From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Muriel A.C. Press
It must have travelled over a country unknown to it, and have crossed the firths of Forth and Tay.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
"I am Biorn, and my father is King," he repeated to himself, the spell he had so often used when on the fells or the firths he had met fear.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
The coasts are deeply indented with numerous bays and fiords or firths, which, when traced inland, are almost invariably found to terminate against glaciers.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly
Thence he sailed west, round Wales, and so north, through Scotland's firths, and did not stay his course till he came to Thraswick in Caithness, to master Skeggi's house.
From The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor by Unknown
