frith

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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 Thomson, Mrs.

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

Worthy of either song or story Are the shires round frith of Moray, Here lies the valley of Strathspey, Famed for its music, lively, gay, Elgin cathedral's 'prentice aisle Is glory of that ruined pile.

From Poems of James McIntyre by McIntyre, James

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

Where so ever ye fare by frith or by fell, My dear child, take heed how Trystram do you tell.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall