froe

Etymology 1
Abbreviation of obsolete, from , referring to the orientation of the blade, at right angles to the handle. From late 16th century.

Noun

 * 1) A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.

Translations

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Etymology 2
See.

Noun

 * 1)  A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
 * 2) * 1630,, Nymphal IV, [from The Muses Elizium], 1793, The Works of the British Poets, Volume 3: Drayton, Carew & Suckling, page 618,
 * Like to thoſe raging frantic froes / For Bacchus' feaſts prepared;