2 entries under this word

Frith

Frĭth, n.

noun

n. [Scot. firth, Dan. & Norw. fiord, Sw. fjärd, Eng. also fret. See FIRTH, FIORD, FRET.] 1. A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the frith of Forth, or of Clyde. 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. Carver.

Frīth, n.

noun

n. [Gael. frīth, forest, properly of deer; Ir. frīth, a wild mountainous place; W. fridd, forest, plantation.]

A forest; a woody place. Drayton.
A small field taken out of a common. Wynne.