- a variation of firth.
frith
Britishnoun
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Frith, frith, Firth, fėrth, n. a narrow inlet of the sea, esp. at a river-mouth.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The banner of St. Andrew was hoisted at the admiral's mast; and as a light wind caught the sails, the roar of the vast multitude was heard far down the waters of the frith.
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
As for the frith, it had shrunk to a dribble of water.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
They jumped off the ship's side on to the sand, which was firm and white, and ran to shore, and up the frith, where the going was easy for a mile or two.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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
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