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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: frith, -frith-
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frith

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Frith

n. [ OE. firth, Icel. fjörðr; akin to Sw. fjärd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. √78. See Ford, n., and cf. Firth, Fiord, Fret a frith, Port a harbor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also called firth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [ Eng. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frith

n. [ OE. frith peace, protection, land inclosed for hunting, park, forest, AS. frið peace; akin to frenoð peace, protection, asylum, G. friede peace, Icel. friðr, and from the root of E. free, friend. See Free, a., and cf. Affray, Defray. ] 1. A forest; a woody place. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small field taken out of a common, by inclosing it; an inclosure. [ Obs. ] Sir J. Wynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frithstool

{ , n. [ AS. friðstōl. See Fred, and Stool. ] A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary. [ Written variously fridstool, freedstool, etc. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Fridstol
Frithy

a. Woody. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
boniface(n) (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754), Syn. Saint Boniface, Apostle of Germany, Winfred, Wynfrith, St. Boniface

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