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froe
CIDE DICTIONARY
froe, n. [See Frow.].
A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. Draylon. [1913 Webster]
froe, n. [See Frow the tool].
An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
froe, n. (also frow) US a cleaving tool with a handle at right angles to the blade.
Etymology
abbr. of frower f. FROWARD 'turned away'
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