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
Besides this, in our way as wee passe to and froe, wee shall have in tempestes and other necessities the portes of Ireland to our aide, and no nerer coaste of any enemye.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
"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 Habberton, John
His father was a right good lord, His mother a lady of high degree; But they, alas! were dead, him froe, And he lov'd keeping companie.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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