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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Frith \Frith\, n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj[94]r[?]r; akin to Sw. fj[84]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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Frith \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. | |
