Word Meanings - FRITH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. Carew. (more info) fiord, E. ford. sq. root78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret

Related words: (words related to FRITH)

• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• FIORD
  A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
• CATCHWORK
  A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
• FORTHCOMING
  Ready or about to appear; making appearance.
• FORTHY
  Therefore. Spenser.
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• CATCHER
  The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches.
• CATCHWORD
  The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as,
• RIVER
  One who rives or splits.
• FORTHWARD
  Forward. Bp. Fisher.
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• FORTHRIGHTNESS
  Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne.
• RIVERLING
  A rivulet. Sylvester.
• NARROW-MINDED
  Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
• CATCHPENNY
  Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.
• CAREWORN
  Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
• OPEN
  1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• CATCHDRAIN
  A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
• SCATCH
  A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• BEAUCATCHER
  A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
• CONY-CATCH
  To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• WORD-CATCHER
  One who cavils at words.
• TORPEDO CATCHER
  A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.
• BIRDCATCHER
  One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
• SCATCHES
  Stilts.