frow

or froe

[ froh ]

/ froʊ /

noun

a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.

Nearby words

froude, james anthony, froufrou, frounce, frousy, frouzy, frow, froward, frowardly, frown, frown on, frowst

Origin of frow

1615–25; earlier frower, perhaps noun use of froward in literal sense “turned away”

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Examples from the Web for frow

I speck, when I git in de water, to frow de dogs off de scent, but dey git so near dey see and hear me.
Watch and Wait|Oliver Optic
We agreed to call off the awtrocities if hed leave his Frow cook us up a mess of waffles toot sweet.
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!"|Edward Streeter
"If you frow the covers back nobody'll see anything," he hinted from the doorway, and was gone.
The Wishing-Ring Man|Margaret Widdemer
Why, bless you, forty of 'em wouldn't dare to frow a stone at me.
The Ranger|Edward S. Ellis

This he appears to be doing by holding in his left hand an instrument resembling a frow, which he strikes with a hatchet.
Day Symbols of the Maya Year|Cyrus Thomas

British Dictionary definitions for frow

frow

/ (frəʊ) /

noun

a variant spelling of froe

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Word Origin and History for frow

frow

"Dutchwoman," late 14c., from Middle Dutch vrouwe (Dutch vrow), cognate with German Frau (see frau).

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