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.