frith

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They jumped off the ship's side on to the sand, which was firm and white, and ran to shore, and up the frith, where the going was easy for a mile or two.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The banner of St. Andrew was hoisted at the admiral's mast; and as a light wind caught the sails, the roar of the vast multitude was heard far down the waters of the frith.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

Now in mine arms I shall him fold, King of all kings by field and by frith; He might have had better, and Himself would, Than the breathing of these beasts to warm him with.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

This long frith is 120 miles in length including its windings, and communicates at its eastern end with the Baltic.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

It was therefore deemed necessary to have two detachments; one to guard the passage of the frith, the other to go by the head of it.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.