froe — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   throe

   Examples

   Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have a maul and froe?

Noun

1. A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   1630, Michael Drayton, 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;