frow
or froe
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
Origin of 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 HarrimanI call myself the princess Gronovia, replied she; but my real appellation is the frow Gronow.
Hieroglyphic Tales | Horace WalpoleMine dear frow, shust gits te line and bait, while I lights mine pipe.
Oonomoo the Huron | Edward S. Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for frow
/ (frəʊ) /
a variant spelling of froe
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