- a variation of firth.
frith
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Now in mine arms I shall him fold, King of all kings by field and by frith; He might have had better, and Himself would, Than the breathing of these beasts to warm him with.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Also, the particular spot in a river or frith, where stationary nets are fixed.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
It crossed a species of creek, or rather frith, for the sea was at no considerable distance, and the small town of Noyo lay at our right.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
Early next day he weighed his anchor and went down the frith.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
They used to walk home together, and sometimes did not go the straight road, but went round by the frith and looked at Einar's ship lying out at her moorings, swaying with the tide.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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