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- noun Plural form of
frith .
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Examples
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This is thoroughly African; and that continent being without friths and arms of the sea, the tribes in the centre have always been debarred from European intercourse by its universal prevalence among all the people around the coasts.
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Loch Ness in Scotland, with its chain of lakes and friths.
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Loch Ness in Scotland, with its chain of lakes and friths.
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He defeated them in a decisive action, which they fought under Galgacus; and having fixed a chain of garrisons between the friths of Clyde and Forth, he cut off the ruder and more barren parts of the island, and secured the Roman province from the incursions of the barbarous inhabitants.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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He defeated the natives under Galgacus, their leader, in a decisive battle; and fixing a line of garrisons between the friths of Clyde and Forth, he secured the Roman province from the incursions of the people who occupied the parts of the island (463) beyond that boundary.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 10: Vespasian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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He himself always chose the ground for encamping: the salt marshes, friths, and woods he himself always first examined, and to the enemies all the while allowed not a moment's quiet or recess, but was ever distressing them with sudden incursions and ravages.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Georgia abound with deep friths; New Zealand and Kerguelen Land also exhibit the same evidence of having been ice-laden regions; and it is said that the southern lands of Africa and Australia show that ice accumulated at one time to a considerable extent on their shores.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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He defeated the natives under Galgacus, their leader, in a decisive battle; and fixing a line of garrisons between the friths of Clyde and Forth, he secured the Roman province from the incursions of the people who occupied the parts of the island (463) beyond that boundary.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Darrow House, but I could see that two little friths ran up far into the meadow-land.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various
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This channel, which was discovered by Captain Fitz Roy during the last voyage, is a most remarkable feature in the geography of this, or indeed of any other country: it may be compared to the valley of Lochness in Scotland, with its chain of lakes and friths.
Chapter X 1909
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