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froe

/ ڰəʊ /

noun

  1. a cutting tool with handle and blade at right angles, used for stripping young trees, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of froe1

C16: from frower , from froward (in the sense: turned away)
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It read "FROE #11" and had a red bull's eye in the corner.

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Wilkins found the name of his cousin, George Washington Froe, killed when he was 20 years old.

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Froe Properties, a black-owned construction and real estate development company, hired renowned Cleveland architect Robert P. Madison to design several homes in Northeast Washington, including this one.

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Now came, however, the boys out of the barn, and they descended upon us with sickle, froe, and scythe.

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Within a few days, Joe had mastered the froe and the mallet and could size up a log and split shakes from it nearly as quickly and decisively as Charlie could.

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