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   Firth (fẽrth), n. [Scot. See Frith.] (Geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith.
   
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   Frith (frĭth), 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.]
   
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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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