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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

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  • 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.

 

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