frow

or froe

[ froh ]

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

Origin of frow

1
1615–25; earlier frower, perhaps noun use of froward in literal sense “turned away”

Words Nearby frow

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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
  1. a variant spelling of froe

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