frow — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.

   Examples

   Mrs. Frances, a Frow, Daughter to Vanlock

   More examples (1)

   1846, Captain Butler, A Glimpse of the Frontier, and a Gallop through the Cape Colony, W. Harrison Ainsworth (editor), The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, 1846, Part 2, page 466, […] on our way we stopped at several houses, our companions having numerous acquaintances among the young frows, to flirt with after their ungainly fashion. Cape Dutch is not the language for love.

2. A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

3. A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Adjective

1. Brittle; tender; crisp

   Usage

   • dialectal

   Examples

   that which grows in gravel is subject to be frow, as they term it , and brittle