frith

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So they set sail, and made a good passage, and came into the frith on a day of fresh southerly wind and strong sunshine.

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

He spent that summer preaching to the people in the Settlement up and down the frith.

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

The window overlooked the North Loch and the swelling bank beyond, and the distant frith and the hills of Fife.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

Also, the particular spot in a river or frith, where stationary nets are fixed.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir