firth
Collocations
3VERB + FIRTH
time
FIRTH + NOUN
forth, islands
PREP.
up
Definitions
noun
An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.
They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
noun
Alternative form of frith (“a forest used for hunting; a (small) wood; wooded country; land covered mainly by brushwood”).
name
A surname.
A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
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3The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firt
WiktionaryThey drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
WiktionaryThe stranger who sails for the first time up the Firth of Forth must be struck with the numerous villages that stud its picturesque shores.
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