Found 1 items, similar to frith.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Frith 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [Obs.] --Sir J. Wynne. [1913 Webster] Frith \Frith\ (fr[i^]th), n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r[eth]r; akin to Sw. fj["a]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew. [1913 Webster]