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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Frith \Frith\ (fr[i^]th), n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r[eth]r;
     akin to Sw. fj["a]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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Frith \Frith\, n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r?r; akin to Sw.
     fj["a]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See Ford, n., and
     cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor.]
     1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening
        of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.
  
     2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Frith \Frith\, n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed
     for hunting, park, forest, AS. fri? peace; akin to freno?
     peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. fri?r, and
     from the root of E. free, friend. See Free, a., and cf.
     Affray, Defray.]
     1. A forest; a woody place. [Obs.] --Drayton.
  
     2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an
        inclosure. [Obs.] --Sir J. Wynne.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  frith
     n.
     1 (lb en rare archaic poetic) peace; security.
     2 (lb en obsolete) sanctuary, asylum.
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     n.
     (senseid en wood) A forest or wood#Noun; woodland generally.
     n.
     (senseid en firth)(lb en archaic) (alternative form of en firth t=an
  arm#Noun arm or inlet of the sea).
     Old Danish n.
     peace
     Welsh a.
     (soft mutation of cy brith)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  frith-
     Old Irish pre.
     counter-, beside, against
     Scottish Gaelic pre.
     1 by-, sub-
     2 counter-

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Frith
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town terr/Montserrat) (q: in the safe zone).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  frith
     n.
     1 (lb en rare archaic poetic) peace; security.
     2 (lb en obsolete) sanctuary, asylum.
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     n.
     (senseid en wood) A forest or wood#Noun; woodland generally.
     n.
     (senseid en firth)(lb en archaic) (alternative form of en firth t=an
  arm#Noun arm or inlet of the sea).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Frith
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town terr/Montserrat) (q: in the safe zone).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  frith
     n.
     1 (lb en rare archaic poetic) peace; security.
     2 (lb en obsolete) sanctuary, asylum.
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     n.
     (senseid en wood) A forest or wood#Noun; woodland generally.
     n.
     (senseid en firth)(lb en archaic) (alternative form of en firth t=an
  arm#Noun arm or inlet of the sea).
     Old Danish n.
     peace
     Welsh a.
     (soft mutation of cy brith)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  frith-
     Old Irish pre.
     counter-, beside, against
     Scottish Gaelic pre.
     1 by-, sub-
     2 counter-

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Frith
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town terr/Montserrat) (q: in the safe zone).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  frith
     n.
     1 (lb en rare archaic poetic) peace; security.
     2 (lb en obsolete) sanctuary, asylum.
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete)  To protect; guard.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To enclose; fence in, as a forest or
  park.
     n.
     (senseid en wood) A forest or wood#Noun; woodland generally.
     n.
     (senseid en firth)(lb en archaic) (alternative form of en firth t=an
  arm#Noun arm or inlet of the sea).
     Old Danish n.
     peace
     Welsh a.
     (soft mutation of cy brith)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  frith-
     Old Irish pre.
     counter-, beside, against
     Scottish Gaelic pre.
     1 by-, sub-
     2 counter-

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Frith
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en town terr/Montserrat) (q: in the safe zone).

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  frith
     Forndanska n.
     frid

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɹɪθ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 狭窄的海岔,河口;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 狭窄的海岔,河口

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