frith

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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

It crossed a species of creek, or rather frith, for the sea was at no considerable distance, and the small town of Noyo lay at our right. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

Lands intersected by a narrow frith    Abhor each other.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.

Also, the particular spot in a river or frith, where stationary nets are fixed.

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 Belcher, Edward, Sir

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