Frith

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Scots A firth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood
  • n. Peace; security.
  • n. Sanctuary, asylum.
  • n. Alternative form of firth.
  • v. To protect; guard.
  • v. To inclose; fence in, as a forest or park.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea. Also called firth.
  • n. A kind of weir for catching fish.
  • n. A forest; a woody place.
  • n. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Peace; security; freedom from molestation.
  • n. A treaty or agreement of peace made between two contending kingdoms or districts.
  • n. A piece of land inclosed for the preservation of game; a park or forest for game; hence, a forest or woody place in general; a hedge; a coppice.
  • n. A small field taken out of a common.
  • n. Ground overgrown with bushes or underwood; a field which has been taken from woods.
  • To protect; guard.
  • To inclose; fence in, as a forest or park.
  • n. A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea: used specifically in Scotland only, where firth is the commoner form: as, the Firth of Forth; the Frith of Clyde.
  • n. A kind of weir for catching fish; a kind of net.
  • Word Usage
    "The punishment of one who was guilty of breaking his "frith" was practically banishment or death."
    Variant
    firth   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    estuary    forest    inclosure   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blyth    Fifth    Smith    Smyth    fifth    forthwith    herewith    myth    pith    scythe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fiord    fluviatile    vielle    pressin    whatsomever    minut    langer    lakelet    noplace    wey