frow

or froe

[ froh ]

/ froʊ /

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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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How to use frow in a sentence

They had wondered over the frow, an iron instrument about fourteen inches long, for splitting logs.
The Boy Settlers|Noah Brooks
"I should tink dat gal wouldn't frow herseff away in dat ar way," said Sally.
Clotelle|William Wells Brown
"Frow up Mary 'n' catch her like farver do," the child urged.
Ann Arbor Tales|Karl Edwin Harriman
I call myself the princess Gronovia, replied she; but my real appellation is the frow Gronow.
Hieroglyphic Tales|Horace Walpole

Mine dear frow, shust gits te line and bait, while I lights mine pipe.
Oonomoo the Huron|Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for frow

frow

/ (frəʊ) /

noun

a variant spelling of froe

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