- a variation of frow.
froe
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of froe
C16: from frower , from froward (in the sense: turned away)
Example Sentences
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He split the felled tree with a wedge, then used a heavy blade called a froe to cut them into the proper lengths for furniture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within a few days, Joe had mastered the froe and the mallet and could size up a log and split shakes from it nearly as quickly and decisively as Charlie could.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
A saw, an auger, a froe, and a broad-axe would supply a whole settlement, and were used as common property in the erection of the log-cabin.
From Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer by Cecil B. Hartley
Brush to your froe, or bloss, and wheedle for crop; run to your mistress, and sooth and coax her out of some money.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
"I was only djust reatchin for a pieshe of bwed," sobbed Toddie, "an' then the bad old tabo beginded to froe all its fings at me, an' tumble down bang."
From Helen's Babies by John Habberton
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