frith

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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 Thomson, Mrs.

The lovely frith or bay, with its numerous inlets, islands, and surrounding bright green hills, lay at our feet.

From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel

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

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 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)