frith
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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 J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean
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 Mrs. Thomson
A corruption of frith, in Scotland applied to arms of the sea, and estuaries of various extent; also given to several channels amongst the Orkneys.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Early next day he weighed his anchor and went down the frith.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Lord Loudon had taken up his quarters at Dornoch, on the frith which divides Rosshire from Sutherland.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Mrs. Thomson
