firth

5 definitions found

firth - 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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.
        [1913 Webster]

  Firth \Firth\ (f[~e]rth), n. [Scot. See Frith.] (Geog.)
     An arm of the sea; a frith.
     [1913 Webster]

firth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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)

firth - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Firth, ID (city, FIPS 27910)
    Location: 43.30560 N, 112.18313 W
    Population (1990): 429 (149 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 83236
  Firth, NE (village, FIPS 16935)
    Location: 40.53435 N, 96.60399 W
    Population (1990): 471 (174 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68358

firth - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "firth":
     arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary,
     euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth,
     narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads,
     roadstead, sound, strait, straits