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Webster 1828 Edition


Hythe

HYTHE

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Noun.
A port. [See Hithe.]

Definition 2024


Hythe

Hythe

See also: hythe and hyþe

English

Proper noun

Hythe

  1. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  2. A town in Hampshire, England.
  3. A coastal town in Kent, England.

hythe

hythe

See also: Hythe and hyþe

English

Noun

hythe (plural hythes)

  1. (obsolete) a landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port
    • 1954: On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood. By it were moored many boats and barges. — JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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