frith
Example Sentences
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They sailed out of the frith one fine afternoon, and were lost to sight.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
As for the frith, it had shrunk to a dribble of water.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
He spent that summer preaching to the people in the Settlement up and down the frith.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Some time after the beginning of the year 1680, he retired toward the frith of Forth, where he continued until that scuffle at Queensferry, where worthy Haugh-head was killed, and he sorely wounded.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
But then they made an island in the sea, and south of that saw the mainland, and a great frith striking up into it.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
