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/froh/, n.a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.Also, froe.[1615-25; earlier frower, perh. n. use of FROWARD in literal sense "turned away"]
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frow — frow·er; frow·sy; frow·zled; frow; frow·zly; frow·zy; … English syllables
Frow — Frow, n. [D. vrouw; akin to G. frau woman, wife, goth, fr[ a]uja master, lord, AS. fre[ a].] 1. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. A dirty woman; a slattern. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frow — Frow, n. [Cf. {Frower}.] A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frow — Frow, a. Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frow — Dutchwoman, late 14c., from M.Du. vrouwe (Du. vrow), cognate with Ger. Frau (see FRAU (Cf. frau)) … Etymology dictionary
frow — [frō] n. FROE … English World dictionary
frow|y — «FROH ee», adjective. Dialect. (of food) musty; stale. ╂[apparently related to frowsty] … Useful english dictionary
Frow — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a short form of one of the variant surnames generated by the Old English pre 7th Century personal name Freowine , in Middle English Frewine . The modern surnames from this source range from… … Surnames reference
frow´zi|ne — frowz|y «FROW zee», adjective, frowz|i|er, frowz|i|est. 1. dirty and untidy; slovenly: »My study was so frowzy I couldn t sit in it (Thomas Hughes). SYNONYM(S): dingy, slatternly, unkempt, soiled … Useful english dictionary
frow´zi|ly — frowz|y «FROW zee», adjective, frowz|i|er, frowz|i|est. 1. dirty and untidy; slovenly: »My study was so frowzy I couldn t sit in it (Thomas Hughes). SYNONYM(S): dingy, slatternly, unkempt, soiled … Useful english dictionary
frow — variant of froe … New Collegiate Dictionary
