Frith

[friθ]

Definition

(n.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.

(n.) A kind of weir for catching fish.

(a.) A forest; a woody place.

(a.) A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Strait.[2]. Estuary, inlet, arm of the sea.

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Definition

n. forest.

n. peace.—ns. Frith′borg (A.S. law) one of the tithings or groups of ten men into which the hundred was divided the members of each being accountable for a fellow-member's misdeeds; Frith′gild a union of neighbours pledged to one another for the preservation of peace; Frith′soken the jurisdiction to punish for breaches of the peace; Frith′stool a chair of sanctuary placed near the altar in a church—as at Hexham and Beverley.

Editor: Wendell