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frower

frower noun: a froe or frow (cleaving tool).

Noun

frower (plural frowers)

  1. A froe or frow (cleaving tool).
    • A frower of iron, for cleauing of lath1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...

Forms of frower

pluralfrowers

Origin of frower

Compare frow and British dialect frommard.

Questions about frower

What does frower mean?
Frower means a froe or frow (cleaving tool).
What part of speech is frower?
Frower is a noun.
What is the plural of frower?
The plural of frower is frowers.

Words near frower in the dictionary

  1. frowardly
  2. frowardness
  3. frowardnesses
  4. frowards
  5. Frowenfeld
  6. frower
  7. frowers
  8. frowey
  9. frowling
  10. frown
  11. frown at

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