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froes

froes is the plural of froe.

Meaning of froe

Noun (1)

froe (plural froes)

  1. A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.
    • Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have a maul and froe?1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 4, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 88
    Synonyms:
    throe

Noun (2)

froe (plural froes)

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

Questions about froes

What is froes the plural of?
Froes is the plural of froe.

Words near froes in the dictionary

  1. Froehliches
  2. Froelich
  3. Froeliches
  4. Froemming
  5. Froemmings
  6. froes
  7. Froese
  8. Froeses
  9. frog
  10. frog and toad
  11. frog and toads

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