frith
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He sailed up the frith in the early morning of a June day, and when Eric came out of doors, there was Leif's fine ship in the anchorage, and many boats about it.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
She kept her gaze for the tide in the frith, feeling it would be indiscreet to say more.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
On their way back to the ship they struck the frith nearer to the mouth than where the anchorage was.
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)
Frith, frith, Firth, fėrth, n. a narrow inlet of the sea, esp. at a river-mouth.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
