frow
or froe
[froh]
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noun
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
Origin of frow
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Historical Examples of frow
Why, bless you, forty of 'em wouldn't dare to frow a stone at me.
The RangerEdward S. Ellis
"Frow up Mary 'n' catch her like farver do," the child urged.
Ann Arbor TalesKarl Edwin Harriman
"I wouldn't coax her to eat, my good, dear frow," said Hans.
Oonomoo the HuronEdward S. Ellis
Luther's wife, like a frow of Spiers in Almayn, in red silk.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)James Anthony Froude
They had wondered over the frow, an iron instrument about fourteen inches long, for splitting logs.
The Boy SettlersNoah Brooks
frow
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