froe

(frō)

noun

a cleaving tool with the handle set into the blade at right angles to the cutting edge

Origin: also frow (frower): ? contr. of froward, in sense “handle turned away”

See froe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also frow

noun

A cleaving tool having a heavy blade set at right angles to the handle.

Origin:

Origin: Earlier frower

Origin: , possibly from froward, turned away (of the handle)

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