frower

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Etymology

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Compare frow and British dialect frommard.

Noun

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frower (plural frowers)

  1. A froe or frow (cleaving tool).
    • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
      A frower of iron, for cleauing of lath
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