Noah Webster
Frith
FRITH, noun [Latin freetum; Gr. from to pass over, or to pass; properly, a passage, a narrow channel that is passable or passed.]
1. A narrow passage of the sea; a strait. It is used for the opening of a river into the sea; as the frith of Forth, or of Clyde.
2. A kind of wear for catching fish.
FRITH, noun
1. A forest; a woody place.
2. A small field taken out of a common.
[Not used in America.]