frith

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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

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

In Edinburgh the inhabitants live under the shadow of its two fantastic mountains, and from their windows can trace the windings of its glittering frith.

From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng

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

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