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Webster 1913 Edition

Frith

Frith

(frĭth)
,
Noun.
[OE.
firth
, Icel.
fjörðr
; akin to Sw.
fjärd
, Dan.
fiord
, E.
ford
. √78. See
Ford
,
Noun.
, 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
. Also called
firth
.
2.
A kind of weir for catching fish.
[Eng.]
Carew.

Frith

,
Noun.
[OE.
frith
peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS.
frið
peace; akin to
frenoð
peace, protection, asylum, G.
friede
peace, Icel.
friðr
, and from the root of E. free, friend. See
Free
,
Adj.
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frith

FRITH

,
Noun.
[L. freetum; Gr. from to pass over, or to pass; properly, a passage, a narrow channel that is passable or passed.]
1.
A narrow passage of the sea; a strait. It is used for the opening of a river into the sea; as the frith of Forth, or of Clyde.
2.
A kind of wear for catching fish.

FRITH

,
Noun.
1.
A forest; a woody place.
2.
A small field taken out of a common.
[Not used in America.]

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