Thesaurus: frith

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1. n. A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
2. n. A kind of weir for catching fish.
3. a. A forest; a woody place.
4. a. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.
5. 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. 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.
6. A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a riverinto the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
7. n. A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. n. A kind of weir for catching fish. a. A forest; a woody place. a. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.