froe (plural froes)
A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block.
froe (plural froes)
(obsolete) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
• Fore, Freo, OFer, fore, fore-, o-fer, ofer, orfe
Source: Wiktionary
Froe, n. Etym: [See Frow.]
Definition: A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. [Obs.] "Raging frantic froes." Draylon.
Froe, n. Etym: [See Frow the tool]
Definition: An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow. [U. S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
