Fiord

an inlet of the sea, generally long, narrow, and deep; a term applied in Scand in avian countries to any bay, creek, or arm of the sea which extends inland, and sometimes used to expre an inland lake or considerable sheet of water; as, Sogne Fiord.. Fir, in the narrower and stricter sense of the word, the name of a genus of trees having solitary leaves rowing around the branches. The fir - thus distinguished from the pine, the leaves of which grow in twos, threes, —: r we 8 a j aaa a). ail mo bs oe an. — rae he for:,:. oN Mane - a —— ier owas a Sse pear ee ee Cee ane or. < ee ARIEL LADDEP APPARATUS fours, or fives; and from the ceda: the larch, both of. which have leaves fasciculated. The term fir, limited, is applied only to the diff varieties of the silver fir and spruce fir.