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Frith
(gcide) | 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.]
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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.
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2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.
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Frith
(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.
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2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an
inclosure. [Obs.] --Sir J. Wynne.
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Frithstool
(gcide) | Fridstol \Frid"stol`\ (fr[i^]d"st[=o]l`), Frithstool
\Frith`stool"\ (fr[i^]th"st[=oo]l`), n. [AS. fri[eth]st[=o]l.
See Fred, and Stool.]
A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders
formerly fled for sanctuary. [Written variously fridstool,
freedstool, etc.] [Obs.]
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Frithy
(gcide) | Frithy \Frith"y\, a.
Woody. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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wynfrith
(wn) | Wynfrith
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent
to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was
martyred in Frisia (680-754) [syn: Boniface, {Saint
Boniface}, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, {Apostle
of Germany}] |
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