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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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Thesaurus Results for Frith:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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