Derived from fretum maris, a narrow strait: an arm of the sea into which a river flows. Synonymous with firth (which see).
·adj A forest; a woody place. II. Frith ·noun A kind of weir for catching fish. III. Frith ·adj A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, vrith underwood, fit for hurdles or hedges. W. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose