- 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
Father cut a green black oak and sawed off some bolts, took a froe, that he brought from York State, and rived out shakes three inches wide and about an inch thick.
From The Bark Covered House by William Nowlin
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 T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
The froe is held by the handle with the left hand and hammered on the top with a mallet held in the right hand.
From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Daniel Carter Beard
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