Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of the Irish Sea separating northwest England from southwest Scotland.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland
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Examples
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The cottage in which our hero spent his early boyhood days stood near the beautiful bay called Solway Firth, which made a safe harbor for ships in time of storm.
Stories of Later American History Wilbur Fisk Gordy 1891
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Musical instrument repairer, Ally, said: This is a cloud formation that appeared in the sky over the Solway Firth, which is just a mile from our house.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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She said: This is a cloud formation that appeared in the sky over the Solway Firth, which is just a mile from our house.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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On I pedalled, out past Tesco on what I imagined to be the cycle-path to Parton on the Solway Firth, only to be totally mistaken.
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Liddel must surely be the Liddel Water, which runs south-westwards from the hills at the northern end of the Pennine chain to join the River Esk on the coastal plain at the head of the Solway Firth, and which was later famous, or rather infamous, as the worst haunt of the Border Reivers.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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The dry spill has also affected Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland, which lies directly north of Cumbria across the Solway Firth.
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Liddel must surely be the Liddel Water, which runs south-westwards from the hills at the northern end of the Pennine chain to join the River Esk on the coastal plain at the head of the Solway Firth, and which was later famous, or rather infamous, as the worst haunt of the Border Reivers.
Archive 2010-03-01 Carla 2010
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Liddel must surely be the Liddel Water, which runs south-westwards from the hills at the northern end of the Pennine chain to join the River Esk on the coastal plain at the head of the Solway Firth, and which was later famous, or rather infamous, as the worst haunt of the Border Reivers.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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He sat up on deck, and looked on the scene around, as the little vessel, having borne down the Solway Firth, was beginning, with a favourable northerly breeze, to bear away to the southward, crossing the entrance of the Wampool river, and preparing to double the most northerly point of Cumberland.
Redgauntlet 2008
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The moon shone broad and bright upon the placid face of the Solway Firth, and showed a slight ripple upon the stakes, the tops of which were just visible above the waves, and on the dark-coloured buoys which marked the upper edge of the enclosure of nets.
Redgauntlet 2008
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