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frow

or froe

[ froh ]
/ froʊ /

noun

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

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Origin of frow

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

Words nearby frow

Froude, Froude number, frou-frou, frousy, frouzy, frow, froward, frown, frown on, frowst, frowsty
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British Dictionary definitions for frow

frow
/ (frəʊ) /

noun

a variant spelling of froe
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