Frow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of froe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
  • n. A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
  • n. A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.
  • n. Alternative spelling of froe.
  • adj. brittle
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.
  • n. A dirty woman; a slattern.
  • n. A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
  • adj. Brittle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
  • n. [Cf. frowzy, 1.] A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
  • Brittle; tender; crisp.
  • n. Among London bakers, potato-flour used to assist fermentation in dough and improve the appearance of bread.
  • n. A cleaving-tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to the length of the blade, used in splitting staves for casks and the like. It is driven by a mallet. Also froe and frower.
  • Word Usage
    "An iron tool called a frow, which is not unlike a butcher's cleaver, is then used to split the log into thin strips, one edge of which is four or five times thicker than the other."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    woman    slattern    frower    brittle