Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cleaving tool having a heavy blade set at right angles to the handle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
frow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
- noun United States An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a cleaving
tool for splittingcask staves andshingles from theblock
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We had cedar shafts with clunky, glue on, dull as a froe broadheads!
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Yu froe him a stik an sai “Fetch” an he luks at yu zif to sai “Yu fru it, yu fetch it!”
I don’t do “Get it, boy”. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Wee getz it awl teh thyme wehn wee froe teh frizzbeez oar teh bawlz.
Black? or with cream?? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I dunno — ifn I shoad mai DL pitcher, dey mite froe up nawt-sekkund wifowt laffin…
i killd teh beast - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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March 28, 2008 at 1:10 pm wee eetz and drinkz awl dis stufz we be up awl nite froe upping.
SLINKY CAT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mai kidz wil jus froe owt ebreefing wen dey hab tu clene up heer wen ai goze tu mete sum fur frenz at ranebo brij.
Ur daiz…dey is numbrd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Bush administration was claming that its Iraq adventure was directly responsible froe the advancement of democracy in
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Finding this state of things inconvenient, he had proceeded to try to remove the remaining half-digit himself with a froe.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Say what you will regarding general utility; a froe is not a precision instrument.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Again, it is imperfect when the chilliness, flatness, the essential oils, the taste of earth and of cask, and above all, an excess of froe spirit, are manifestly noticed at the base of that organ.
skipvia commented on the word froe
A metal splitting blade with a handle attached at right angles to the blade. Used with a maul.
November 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word froe
Usage on twibil.
January 19, 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word froe
"At one end of the village, the old Trakt crossed a small river called the Esaulovka on an ancient ruined bridge. Its gray wooden crossbeams supported the ricketiest of planking; the planks were sawn lumber but the beams showed only the marks of a bladed tool like a froe or an adze."
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier, p 260
February 18, 2011