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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Frith, Freth, n. [Var. of Firth n.2 Also in e.m.E. (1600).] A firth or estuary.1327 Exch. R. I. 61.
In seruicio cuiusdam custodientis le Frith [at Cullen] 1372 Reg. Great S. (1814) 127/1.
A finibus comitatus Morauie versus boream vsque ad le Pentland freth 1570 Leslie 202.
In the mouth of the frith of Tay 1689 Siege Castle Edinb. 58.
A fleet of Dutch doggers making up the Frith
