frith

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As for the frith, it had shrunk to a dribble of water.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

In Edinburgh the inhabitants live under the shadow of its two fantastic mountains, and from their windows can trace the windings of its glittering frith.

From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng

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

"This is Heriolfsness, a good ten hours' sailing from the frith; and I am Heriolf at your service."

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The night passed without attack, and by daylight they rowed out of the frith, and out to sea.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry