1.
[syn: Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth]
2. a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Firth \Firth\ (f[~e]rth), n. [Scot. See Frith.] (Geog.)
An arm of the sea; a frith.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Firth
n 1: English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics
and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his
insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context
(1890-1960) [syn: Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert
Firth]
2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)