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 Definitions for Frith: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Frith \Frith\, n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed
for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri[eth] peace; akin to
freno[eth] peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel.
fri[eth]r, and from the root of E. free, friend. See Free,
a., and cf. Affray, Defray.]
1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an
inclosure. [Obs.] --Sir J. Wynne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Frith \Frith\ (fr[i^]th), n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r[eth]r;
akin to Sw. fj[aum]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See
Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port
a harbor.]
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1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening
of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also
called firth.
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2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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48 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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