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frith 音標拼音: [fr'ɪθ] n. 狹窄的海岔,河口 狹窄的海岔,河口 Frith \ Frith\ ( fr[ i^] th), n. [ OE. firth, Icel. fj[" o] r[ eth] r; akin to Sw. fj[ aum] rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [ root] 78. See { Ford}, n., and cf. { Firth}, { Fiord}, { Fret} a frith, { Port} a harbor.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also called { firth}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [ Eng.] -- Carew. [ 1913 Webster]
Frith \ Frith\, n. [ OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri[ eth] peace; akin to freno[ eth] peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. fri[ eth] r, and from the root of E. free, friend. See { Free}, a., and cf. { Affray}, { Defray}.] 1. A forest; a woody place. [ Obs.] -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [ Obs.] -- Sir J. Wynne. [ 1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " frith": arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, boscage, bosket, brake, canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, coppice, copse, copsewood, cove, covert, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, motte, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads, roadstead, sound, strait, straits, thicket, thickset, underbrush, undergrowth, undershrubs, underwood
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