Frith , n. [OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. frið peace; akin to frenoð peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. friðr, 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.
Frith (fr&ibreve;th), n. [OE. firth,
Icel. fjörðr; akin to Sw. fjärd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. √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.
Hear it pronounced